November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
...): the main plant growth area of the MTF, including multilevel plant growth racks operating in a precisely controlled environment (room at right in Figure 3). The Service Section houses the majority of the MTF subsystem components, as well as the...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... a foundation for a legal system in space that was broadly accepted at the time. Information about the orbital environment is crucial to the effective management of space activity and also to de-escalating tensions The treaty was, however, drafted...
March 2015
SERC wants us all to get to grips with space junk
... through a Cooperative Research Centre (“CRC”) for Space Environment Management. The CRC is a long-standing model for... momentum already. In recognition that preserving the space environment will require ever more innovative solutions as new challenges...
October 2018
Could salty brines be the key to microbial life on Mars?
...the author of the research is that from another study [Cockell et al. 2016], which states: “a habitable environment is an environment capable of supporting a known organism”. This definition takes a step further than a common definition used in space...
January 2023
LUNAR OASIS – architectural visions for an integrated lunar habitat
... at this point. Students were therefore introduced to the architectural design of habitats in isolated, confined and extreme (ICE) environments The bioreactor with its intelligent air and water circulation system is located next to the water tank...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... missions. The problem is we don’t ‘see’ these satellites and the millions of pieces of debris in orbit, so it feels as if that environment is disconnected from daily life. Space sweepers cartoon. One day perhaps? However, just as we need to care for...
