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...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
..., motorsport, and aviation cooling systems to novel thermodynamic cycles. Artist’s impression of payload being released from future spaceplane powered by SABRE class engines. Reaction Engines’ focus is on developing the SABRE engine, which will...
September 2018
Bridging the ‘digital divide’ with nanosatellites
...organisations are racing to get to the Moon and Mars or set up the long-distance transportation networks of the future. Whilst these ‘frontier’ endeavours attract the biggest headlines, there is still a massive challenge to be addressed back on Earth...
October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
... book, David Whitehouse presents readers with brief snapshots of humanity’s future in space over the next 50 years up to the 100th ...they touch down, 52 years after the last time. A future lander on Jupiter’s moon Europa sometime in the 2030s. ...
