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...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
... not come without risk Cubesats are particularly suited as secondary payloads because they can be arranged in a modular fashion to fit almost any volume and mass constraint within the unused space of the launch vehicle. In addition...
March 2017
Space is open for business
... is also inspiration for everyone on planet Earth. Engagement is an important part of the process. “Whether you work in the fashion, farming, food or film industries, the message is to be as inclusive as you can,” said film producer Duncan Copp. “The...
October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
.... Even supposing that the space tug can reach a point at which it is ‘towing’ the defunct satellite in a controlled fashion, there is a further technical hurdle that needs to be addressed. In order to have the necessary flexibility to do its job, the...
October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
... – all of which might have been largely avoided. Worse, these problems are connected and interrelated in such a fashion, that they have combined to permanently lock us into a downward spiral of global economic and social decay that...
