March 2016
Time for European visionary goals
... 55th anniversary of his historic spaceflight was celebrated on 12 April They looked into the future, well beyond election campaigns and popularity polls. Thanks to the foundations laid in the middle of the 20th century we have enjoyed...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
... people in regards to space? Public spending on space requires public support - politicians are accountable to the public at times of election, and although space may appear to be minor aspect of public policy, it can be costly. we should note that...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
... Space University and as a consultant for NewSpace companies before returning to my home country Slovakia. There I was eventually elected chair of the Slovak Organisation for Space Activities (SOSA), which designed and constructed the first Slovak...
January 2017
Elon Musk and Mars - looking for a snowball effect
..., and which can only ever be visited by a tiny elite of government specialists, a sort of ethically pure knighthood of the elect, on missions which, in the familiar phrase, “take only photographs, leave only footprints”. Two ways to colonise Mars...
August 2018
Making a cosmic impression
... than twenty years. Over the next three decades, I served this world-renowned organisation as its first elected international President. IAAA portfolio: iaaa.org/member-portfolio/?member=9 Facebook: /kara.szathmary Christelle’s ‘Cosmos: Journey...
February 2019
Reflections on the future human condition
... space agency. Dr Arnould has served as adjunct faculty with the International Space University since 2000 and he is an elected member of the International Academy of Astronautics. References 1 Cf. Walter Pons, Steht uns der Himmel offen? Entropie...
