May 2017
Recipe for success on flights to Mars
.... Interior of the dome. At a later point in the mission, we had a whole week of poor weather and lacked sufficient fuel for our back-up generators. That was a very cold, dark week where we had to get by on dried fruit...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
... military applications. The opaque ties between the commercial and civil sectors to the People’s Liberation Army fuels Washington’s concerns over using civilian facilities for spying. Citing security issues, the US Congress passed a law...
February 2023
The scientific basis for lunar helium-3 production
The potential for the extraction of helium-3 from the Moon’s surface and its use as a fuel for Earth-based fusion reactors has been well-publicised. Here, the authors present the scientific ...
October 2015
Green cosmonautics: an ideal to strive for
... are5: pollution of the environment by toxic rocket fuel components, space debris, pollution of the Earth’s surface... 1996 and patented in 199910. The fuel is composed of microgranules that contain fuel and/or oxidiser. The microgranules are perfectly...
January 2018
Creating a viable cislunar economy
...per year. Over 85 percent of this energy is supplied by fossil fuels in the form of oil, natural gas and coal. These resources ... alleviate issues of scarcity and environmental damage of fossil fuels. And unlike terrestrial solar and wind power, space...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
... – and perhaps those on Mars too – most believe that fuel, air, food and power supplies will need to be locally sourced...a good chance of working. Elon Musk is banking on local fuel supply manufacture on Mars to allow for the refuelling of its BFR...
