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...
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...
April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... for the visionary Earth-Mars transport system for which a market does not yet exist. A prospective future company – let’s call it Planetopolis - devoted to building desert settlements on Earth as precursors of sustainable cities on both Earth and...
May 2022
Redefining the space professional – disruptions in the space sector workforce
...and the ‘worm’ helped NASA become cool again” headlined by CNBC in July 2020. Again, looking to the future, company noise, in particular earned media, will continue to differentiate space companies by communicating organisational reputation and place...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
... commercial space development, but how do those in the business feel about challenging the very essence of humanity’s future in space - or at least the pathway to get there? In her new book, Ground Control, anthropologist Savannah Mandel experiences...
September 2026
Ten years of Asgardia - from idea to nation
... from different nations, cultures, languages and backgrounds can choose to unite around an idea about their common future. Institutions can be created across geographical borders. Scientific research can be directed towards questions that lie beyond...
