June 2015
Innovation at escape velocity: from NASA’s Apollo to SpaceX
...; other mammals are tool-makers and problem-solvers too, employing rudimentary “technology” to hunt or forage for food, or to build habitats. Humans, however, sometimes tackle very big problems, far beyond our immediate reach. The...
June 2015
Bringing technology down to earth
... lunar base is one of the most durable systems you can imagine; namely a closed ecosystem. Oxygen, water, food and other consumables are scarce and must be allocated carefully and as far as possible be re-used. These are...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
..., that capability must increase at least twenty-fold. A surface outpost on Mars, complete with a hydroponic greenhouse to supply food to the colonists Astronauts will need a surface habitat during their stay on Mars, to be a shelter to protect them...
February 2016
Protecting Earth from cosmic disasters
...,000 during the winter, as well as about 800,000 heaters and 25,000 field kitchens. The necessary food and water supplies would constitute a few thousand tonnes daily. The aforementioned qualitative assessment of the event...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
... them from the surface of the Earth. And, as the population of Earth grows, there will be a greater demand on food supplies and resources. There is also a growing awareness of the need to identify and protect us from objects in space...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... select space and non-space organisations - the European Space Agency (ESA), the United Nations World Food Programme, Airbus Defence and Space, Local Motors and Made in Space to submit industrial and sustainability challenges...
