April 2019
Cleaning up space
... space. More satellites will be launched, and this will inevitably lead to more debris. In order to mitigate potential future debris, we propose that all satellites in mid- to high-LEO be pre-engineered with a lightweight docking plate to facilitate...
May 2019
A matter of perspective
... have no overview, no meta-perspective. In 2011 when I first began my ‘outer space’ series, I realised that in the near future we would be seeing the start of a period of enormous advances in the space industry. And in the meantime, the privatisation...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
...My point here is not to state specific, quantified figures, but to indicate a general trend: in the not too distant future we will outgrow our planet’s current capability to sustain us without some major technological advances. Limitless clean energy...
August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
...Resilience and Sustainability, and a preliminary Masterplan. After the first workshop they started to develop a vision for a future settlement on the Moon and began to work on a hypothetical scenario, addressing the questions of what would happen and...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
...pioneering institution. It has an outside-the-box political and social philosophy. Its unique mission is to “unite the future humanity as trans-ethnic, transnational, trans-religious, ethical, fair, peaceful, looking into the infinite Universe, based...
February 2020
Visions of spaceflight before the Space Age
... effort grew and gained momentum. This article celebrates our spaceflight heritage, along with dreams of the future, from the perspective of the past. It is not meant to provide an exhaustive history of spaceflight and rocket development. Rather...
