August 2018
Exoplanet census promises radical discoveries
... instrument on WFIRST will lay the groundwork for future large telescopes designed to search for and characterise ... a new era of astronomy, laying the groundwork for future telescopes designed to characterise Earth-like exoplanets and search for...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
... specific form-factors are currently being developed. In the future, this will lead to each launch rocket having reserved ... some time. Another method that may become available in the future is the creation of special “garbage trucks” - satellites, ...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... himself called it a “critical achievement” for the humankind’s future in space, citing it as a first step towards the ... advising the government there on how to pursue a future in a commercialised space environment. Similarly, Australia recently began...
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...
