August 2016
Long-term spaceflight and microbiological safety issues
... nutrition. They grew on the glass due to the lipid film, atmospheric moisture condensation and other contaminations, but at the same... properties created by surface modifications or antimicrobial film coating, and the creation of onboard instruments...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
... make the vital decision, my mother recommended I watch the documentary film Aliens of the Deep by James Cameron, as she knew that it would interest me. In the film, a crew of astronauts and scientists discover incredible extremophiles - which looked...
March 2017
Space is open for business
... 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 more we assimilate the idea of space into the fabric...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... becoming a bi-planetary species before this new decade is out. About the author Christopher Riley is a writer and film maker, specialising in science, engineering and history. His work has been celebrated by BAFTA, the US Television Academy...
July 2020
Are we entering a post-Overview Effect era?
... astronauts’ perspective-altering experience of seeing the Earth from the outside. With little or no marketing or publicity, the film quickly found a following on Vimeo, and as of 2020, had garnered 8.1 million views (see https://vimeo.com/55073825...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... early space was unmistakably ‘peaceful purposes’: see the film The Right Stuff, read the US-published Colliers magazine ..., the US outspends the rest of the world combined. Films like The Right Stuff (Warner Brothers, 1983) unmistakeably reflected...
