October 2016
Project MOONWALK
... locations. YEMO was equipped with a box to hold tools, samples and scientific instruments (e.g. a portable RAMAN spectroscope). Future terrestrial applications might include rovers like YEMO and can be used in search and rescue, emergency response...
January 2017
New oceans beckon for solar sail technology
... help minimise the effects of wrinkles in the sail material. Future missions A larger solar sail, deployed very close to the... Once the technology is sufficiently proven, there are several future missions possible - many of which are simply impossible ...
April 2017
Sky-fi dawn of the space internet era
... operational costs. Operational efficiencies that might be gained with the use of artificial intelligence are still in the future. LEO satellite constellations are the truly global option. Depending on the type of constellation in place, they can...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
... ‘unknown’. It is clear that the prospects for the future use of outer space offer both tremendous opportunities and challenges,...directed towards military objectives. The prospects for the future use of outer space offer both tremendous opportunities ...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
... integration of technical and non-technical aspects in design and operation. Humans should always be at the centre of any future advanced systems designed for space exploration, managing the system and increasing its resilience, such as developing...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
... operations. It is estimated that 80 percent of global space revenue is coming from downstream services. An MD11 aircraft carrying the Future Small Payload Launcher (FSPL) being developed by Orbital Access and using the Reaction Engines’ Sabre engine...
