March 2017
Space research inspires innovation in fashion
... ‘language of usability’ allows transferring conventional outfits that are easier to handle, to another field, in this case space. Fashion designers have been inspired by space, envisaging new scenarios explored by the first human missions and the...
March 2017
Space for art: Quilting in orbit
... in space have inspired space suit art, but they have also inspired fashion designers to think differently about our own Earthly clothing. That inspiration has ...Politecnico di Milano, Italy about how ‘Space research inspires innovation in fashion’.
June 2014
Achilles’ heel
... ‘junk’ from orbit. However, these technologies in themselves pose a risk to active satellites if deployed in an aggressive fashion. Deliberate kinetic threats in the space domain are limited to a small number of states. In 2007, China successfully...
December 2014
A door closes
... the state and society. Both sides viewed global events through the prism of their rivalry and fashioned their foreign policies accordingly. The two superpowers defined the international system and bore ultimate responsibility...
February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
We can be thankful that nuclear weapons continue to be unused in the fashion for which they were designed - and we can imagine a future in which nations may no longer feel the ...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... more energy every year. If all of the natural resources on our planet are used wisely and in a sustainable fashion they can be recycled and used over and over again. Modern civilization, with its complex infrastructure...
