June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
... could lead to a cascade as in the era of nuclear deterrence. This was voluntary, since civil aircraft and combat drones were navigated from the same satellites. Despite this, advocates of the concept of ‘deterrence by dependence’ struggled at first...
August 2018
Monitoring marine litter by satellite
... but from the data fusion of a large network of different remote sensors on different platforms (satellites, planes, drones and boats) and in-situ observations (on boats and beaches), together with a supporting knowledge of the general conditions...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
..., tracking and monitoring possible, delivering essential services with limited numbers of workers on-site. And autonomous drones enabled ‘contactless’ delivery of much-needed medical supplies around the world. These trends will likely accelerate...
08 August 2018
The most reusable and reliable rocket ever?
...the world as the vehicle completed a vertical landing on a drone ship out to sea after returning from space, but the ...now firmly planted back on Earth, the Block 5 returned to the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" shortly after delivering its ...
August 2016
Big or small - aerospace innovates through constraints
...make processors more powerful, more efficient and smaller. The smartphone put a supercomputer in your pocket, lightweight drones began to take flight, and advances in hobbyist electronics (Arduino, RaspberryPi and sensor technology) became ubiquitous...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
... roles and functions; it also has great potential to augment human performance. Automated functions implementation, robots, drones etc. should be seen as extensions of human capabilities allowing us to go further in exploring deep space and planets...
