January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
...more than 30,000 spacecraft. Could the legacy of terrestrial energy decommissioning be transferred in some way to the space environment? Indeed, SpaceX is not alone in contemplating the use of large numbers of small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO...
October 2015
Green cosmonautics: an ideal to strive for
... if it occupied a smaller area? The most environmentally hazardous issues specific to the space sector are5: pollution of the environment by toxic rocket fuel components, space debris, pollution of the Earth’s surface with used rocket units, their...
August 2016
Long-term spaceflight and microbiological safety issues
... talks, coughs, exerts themselves physically, or even simply breathes, a significant number of microbes are emitted into the environment. It is also impossible to fully sterilize all cargo and transport ships, including the cargo they deliver, even...
October 2016
Project MOONWALK
...control Gestures can be used to interact with and to control both static and mobile robots. In real world environments, particularly outdoors, gesture control promises to be more intuitive and practical than joysticks or other traditional devices for...
November 2016
Simulating space in a bathtub
...hypersthenia in children with cerebral palsy. No cradling supports are used for the tester’s body in the immersive environment. The high-elasticity of the fabric artificially increases the liquid’s density, practically creating the conditions of zero...
October 2017
Exploring Jupiter’s icy moons
... and exchanges in the Jupiter system that are responsible for the changes in surface, ionospheric and exospheric environments at Ganymede, Europa and Callisto from short-term to geological time scales. Focused studies of Jupiter’s atmosphere and...
