August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
...of radiation but this alone will not be sufficient to protect the colonists, so shielding technology will also be necessary. Future Mars settlements may be partially buried to reduce radiation impact, as this cutaway view shows. Shielding against SPE...
February 2019
The challenge of procreation for future off-world settlers
... or 32 ft/s2). Our skeletons and muscles, vestibulocochlear system, and cardiovascular systems, have all developed accordingly. Future off-world colonies, though all very different, will probably have one thing in common - significantly lower ...
20 May 2022
Outer Space - future for humankind issues of law and policy
... and policy is about as practical as a tome on legislation and process can get. Even its title – “Outer Space - future for humankind” - implies a fundamental forward-looking pragmatic stance. The titles of its multi-author contributions certainly...
23 September 2024
Japan in Space: Past, Present and Future
... names. So, having studied the nation in some detail, what does the author expect from Japan in terms of future space development? It seems that “the defining issue of the Japanese space programme” is the “US-Japan relationship”, highlighted...
01 April 2025
The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space will Change Our World
...always judge a book by its cover. According to the blurb, it is “essential reading on power, politics and the future of humanity” by “a leading authority on foreign affairs”. In essence, it’s a story of astropolitics and the rivalry between the major...
January 2018
Cosmic cocktails and galactic moonshine
... heroic explorers gazing into massive canyons on Mars. It is entirely possible that more realistic depictions of the future - particularly future societal habits - may come instead from the world of science fiction. A bottle of Dom Perignon, vintage...
