September 2016
URBOCOP: saving planet Earth
...diameter exploded over North America. As a result of this explosion, the continent’s biosphere was scorched and the ancient Clovis ... collisions with Earth happen on average every decade whilst explosions of up to one mega tonne in the upper atmosphere...
June 2017
How to build a Moon base cheaply
... Technology, uses collectors that are not only useful for transport but also for technological production. Explosive processes in regolith, when hydrogen, hydrocarbon, carbon, chloride and fluoride enter the collector, create a regenerative reaction...
22 March 2016
Astronomers catch a supernova shock wave in visible light for the first time
... star, before slowly fading from sight over several weeks or months. However the maximum intensity of a supernova explosion occurs after the shock wave and it is this period of peak brightness that is normally studied by astronomers. Therefore...
February 2019
Chaos and creation – cultural directions for the space industry
..., space, darkness and the invisibility of the winds. It was thought that the universe was created due to an explosion of energy caused by their interactions. It is surprising that one of the oldest creation theories can be compared so closely with...
February 2017
Global robotic network for monitoring near-Earth and outer space
.... The MASTER network has discovered about one thousand new optical transients of all types - from astrophysical explosions to potentially dangerous asteroids and comets However, it should be emphasised that robotic telescopes are not simply automated...
April 2025
Spacecraft anomalies and insurance losses
... needing in-orbit insurance. Artist’s concept of the Intelsat 29e satellite with antennas and solar panels unfurled. Explosive failure in April 2019 resulted in the total loss of the spacecraft. Orbital launch dataset Typically, a spacecraft suffers...
