January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... themselves as space resource companies, focusing in the near term on identifying sources of water that could be made into fuel in-space. This pivot could be why they have been more successful in attracting capital. Scott Hall makes...
April 2019
Scanning the skies for exoplanets
... launch of Kepler were virtually unheard of. However, after overcoming a few technical hitches and eventually running out of fuel, Kepler has been placed in a safe orbit around the Sun to while away the rest of its days...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
... and ready to go at any time because it can be kept on the launch pad at ambient temperatures, without risking evaporating fuel, frozen valves or other low temperature damage. According to Levykin: “Having rockets that are always ready to go at the...
November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
... areas, in particular of water ice, has sparked visions for their utilisation. This may include the production of fuel for rocket stages, harvesting of water and generation of oxygen for astronaut life support, and other applications...
November 2019
Cosmo’s adventures in animated edutainment
... those years and how he manages to communicate with a world-wide network of Cosmo Cadets, is all imaginative rocket fuel for STEAM learning through entertainment. This is the story of ‘Cosmo’, a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
... could then be used as baseload power via direct connection to the existing electrical grid, or to manufacture synthetic hydrocarbon fuels, or even beamed at low intensity directly to consumers. Engineers have long contemplated that solar power can...
