... 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...
... 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...
... 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...
... family of processes and technologies and can be applied to a wide range of materials from polymers, metals and ceramics to food, living cells and organs. The high cost of qualifying new materials and processes means that established...
... duration of interplanetary trips using current (and even future) modes of transport, the need to find oxygen and food resources, not to mention the imperative to reproduce in a context of ageing and mortality: ultimately, the human condition turns...
... Lladro ceramic statue of a US astronaut came out of the next box, along with an old Gemini-era astronaut food pack, the type you add water to and suck the resulting concoction out of a tube. On to the crates...