January 2018
Shielding the human genome
... requirement, if possible, is to ensure that this capability is safe enough for astronauts to have on their skin and on their food. After all, the humans we send to Mars are going to have to live in this hermetically sealed environment for...
April 2018
Climate monitoring and the need for open access to global environmental satellite data
... restrictions have repeatedly been cited as impediments to these efforts. Data sharing can also contribute to improving food security, sustainable agriculture and public health surveillance, monitoring and managing biodiversity and ecosystem issues...
June 2018
Archaeologist of the future
...’ or ‘military’ rationales. Our long-forgotten ancestors, hunter gatherers, were seemingly moving because of the lack of food or because the tribe was becoming too large - both of these reasons can be assimilated to economic or military rationales...
August 2018
UAE’s ambitious plans for space sector growth
... funding towards long-term human habitation of space. Obviously Mars has significant challenges such as energy, water, food and security - and the UAE is faced with similar national challenges. So, whatever we develop on Mars (or in the UAE...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... equality of opportunity, or the right to have access to various things deemed necessary or desirable to the human condition: food and water, housing, education, freedom of expression, etc. If nations are to take these documents as guiding lights for...
December 2018
Coffee roasting in space
... science has been giving us spinoffs since the early days of the Apollo era, from freeze-dried food to super-insulating blankets. The Space Shuttle era and the ISS have produced even more, like...
