19 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...
March 2017
Growing plastic-producing bacteria in space
... risk. Experience in low Earth orbit (LEO) and on a handful of manned flights to the Moon have taught us that future long-duration missions will face exponentially difficult challenges associated with transportation, working in space and staying...
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...
February 2018
European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions
... to maintain its established expertise and to prepare for the future, EAC also: continuously ensures the high quality of its ... skills and tools with respect to the requirements of future human exploration missions, such as developing skills and tools...
November 2019
PROSPECTing for lunar polar volatiles
... rocket stages, harvesting of water and generation of oxygen for astronaut life support, and other applications supporting a future human presence. Therefore both scientists and engineers have supported the recent creation of new lunar exploration...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... era, almost literally trying to drive the future between commas in now obsolete treaties and texts... and controlled by anyone This is not an abstract academic exercise. The future of our species is on the line. Be it the military already playing...
