June 2014
Achilles’ heel
... services provided by dedicated military satellites. Threats, hazards and vulnerabilities Threats to operational satellite systems are diverse, emanating from a range of sources, including independent actors, non-state entities and sovereign nations...
March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... unit?” Jump a decade and today nanosatellite technology is a disruptive force changing operational space programs in fields as diverse as earth observation and soon enough, interplanetary missions. A 1959 lecture by Richard Feynman may have launched...
March 2015
SERC wants us all to get to grips with space junk
... mass of dedicated resources and technology, and larger multi-lateral bodies generally suffered from too great a diversity of technical options, complex administration and lack of focus. A key missing element has been the fusion of elite...
March 2015
Twinkle, twinkle satellite
... deGrasse Tyson The fact that “smart” technology has yet to outsmart other forces, forces that are as diverse as weather patterns and human stupidity, is particularly unreassuring. Inspiration and progress Meanwhile, in 1999, the film “October...
October 2015
Taking AIM with ESA: proposing the first visit to a binary asteroid system
... the striking variety of asteroids in terms of size, shape and constituent materials. But what factors drove this diversity? How did their chaotic features arise, studded with craters, variously heaped with pebbles or dust while...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
... their efficiency and effectiveness. Houston is an ideal location for such an effort given the scale, range and diversity of the regional economy. The Spaceport/Catapult partnership is a major step in building the bridges between resources in space...
