February 2020
Investigation of the Coriolis effect in rotating space platforms
... first case, it is used as an augmentation on top of a VR experience often called a 4D experience. However, working in reverse fashion it could potentially be coupled to a feedback system monitoring head movements. Studies were performed to show the...
January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
... stage for the eventual collection and retrieval of cores drilled from these volatile-bearing deposits, in similar fashion to the cores returned by several of the Apollo missions. Because of regolith gardening, these cores are unlikely to capture...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... manoeuvring services. When legislation is born out of crisis, government authorities tend to respond in a reactive, often knee-jerk fashion and, should this occur, the space industry could lose out on a valuable opportunity to shape the response...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... the risk of orbital debris. For LEO, current guidance is that an asset should be safely de-orbited in a controlled fashion to burn up on re-entry. For satellites in geostationary orbit (GEO), the guidance is to place end-of-life hardware in a much...
March 2021
iPhone moment for the Earth observation industry
... by providing ready-to-integrate analytics, leveraging on advancements in AI and computer vision, and providing results in a vertical fashion (cars, trees, buildings, planes, roads, ships, containers and so on). This is aimed at non-geospatial, yet...
April 2021
Making space part of the everyday European agenda
... General of ESA I would certainly like to see the Copernicus model as something we can use in other domains in a similar fashion, where the EU and ESA play very complimentary roles in implementing large-scale programmes. I certainly believe that...
