June 2020
Astrovan II - your ride to space is here
... the first human American spaceflight. Allegedly, before boarding the Astrovan, the crew also had to play a game of cards and could not leave for the launch pad until the commander lost a hand. US astronaut...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... more sophisticated aspirations and engage in ‘more adult’ media, while adults increasingly play on-line computer games and engage, through parenting activities, with products aimed primarily at children. Meanwhile, space is increasingly an integral...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... this affect our ability to graduate commercially past Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond? The real game-changers in the launcher market might be at the larger end of the spectrum, most notably Blue Origin’s New...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... academic exercise. The future of our species is on the line. Be it the military already playing cat and mouse games in the silence above, to those who see mining the solar system’s resources as the next gold rush...
January 2021
How the UK space sector is levelling up with support from its science facilities
...£75 million in investment and achieving a 92 percent success rate. This has seen cutting-edge space technology applied in game-changing new products and services, embracing everything from regenerative healthcare to sustainable animal feed and remote...
February 2021
The Space Monuments Men
...; I was wrong. Fortunately, I had shot a full feature documentary seven years earlier about the first basketball game on the aircraft carrier, Carl Vinson. It was a legendary affair with 8,000 military personnel on the deck of the...
