May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... to explore the world around them and human-centred design (HCD) will play an increasingly important role in future space exploration. To enable long-duration space missions, we need to advance space habitat designs so that in addition to focusing...
January 2020
Commercialising space exploration and development
..., CEO Jeff Manber reflects on the company’s pioneering commercial journey and looks at challenges that lie in the future. The business model of Nanoracks has essentially been to grow, not through increasing investment but by building increasingly...
May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
... developments in the sector and looking at what the future may hold for Chinese international space cooperation. In recent.... The paper also notes several “Key Areas for Future [International] Cooperation”, which include global governance of outer...
January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
...facilities. The most innovative aspect of NASA’s approach to future exploration and science programmes is to de-orbit the ISS and... A Space Odyssey gave a dazzling view of such a future in the 1960s. Billionaire Robert Bigelow, who inherited the Budget...
12 April 2016
Visionary ideas that could transform future NASA missions
... program, could see the space agency transforming the way future missions are conducted by funding the initial stages of projects ... “NASA continues to value early stage concept studies for our future missions.” To get the projects off the ground, and ...
18 December 2017
Prometheus to power future European launchers
...Prometheus; an engine that is set to power Europe’s future launchers. Prometheus stands for Precursor Reusable Oxygen METHan cost ...last week. “This contract paves the way for the future of Europe’s space transportation, and the development of European...
