September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
...properties of the terrain [4]. Current rover designs are not suited for accomplishing many of the goals envisaged in future exploration missions [5]. Aspects such as the uneven distribution of torques between the wheels, the maximum operational speed...
March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
... used as a model in other states or regions in the future. That being said, there are aspects that could be further ...success of private stakeholders in space activities. Overall, the future demands a robust space economy that can flourish and ...
June 2018
Cosmic communications and the anthropology of outer space
...impossible, Wertheimer cautions. But it would confirm that humans aren’t alone in the universe and would structure future searches for intelligence elsewhere. Unfortunately, the exotically shaped space object ‘Oumuamua that Breakthrough Listen helped...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
...flame, they are and will become icons of what those in the future will know to have been major moments in history. These and others... who buys a ticket to ride into space is paying for our future. As trivial as its name sounds, the advent of the ‘space...
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...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
...collaboration coming together to build upon science and technology used on Earth and in LEO on the ISS Orion future exploration mission. James In 2006, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) issued a report: ‘Information...
