11 March 2019
NASA outlines future Moon to Mars plans
...’s lives across the globe. As we celebrate the past, let’s inspire our friends and family for the future that we are building."
01 October 2019
The Moon: A History for the Future
It’s great – and it’s important - to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first steps of men from planet Earth on the surface of another planetary body…but even the geekiest space nut can choke on a banquet of technical overviews and historical ...
04 May 2020
NASA commits to future Artemis missions with more SLS rocket engines
... flights. “This contract allows NASA to work with Aerojet Rocketdyne to build the rocket engines needed for future missions,” said John Honeycutt, the SLS program manager at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama...
16 April 2024
The End Of Astronauts Why Robots are the Future of Exploration
You know from the start that this is one of those ‘does what it says on the tin’ books. The title suggests astronauts are surplus to requirements; the subtitle substitutes robotic explorers; and most spacers know the UK Astronomer Royal’s views on ...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... well to consider Ray Kurzweil and his prediction about the coming ‘Singularity’ or those of Peter Diamandis in forecasting a future that is increasingly based on an extra-terrestrial and space-based economy. The value of platinum-rich asteroids have...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
...fourth, focusing on regolith construction to provide radiation shielding and physical protection. Land, regulation and contamination Key future issues will be establishing the ‘ownership’ both of lunar areas and Mars and the consequences for resource...
