February 2021
Supporting sustainable lunar development
... services that enable both commercial activities and scientific research. Another prototype idea is a multi-player online game that simulates the LDC model to test how players would act as different types of participants (or non-participants...
March 2021
Data may be the new oil... but its real value is in actionable information
Earth observation data derived from satellites has evolved considerably from its roots in the early weather satellites of the 1960s. Geoff Smith considers this evolution and what the exponential increase in data means for the planet. Our love affair...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... exactly how to do that in a lunar orbit context, and the Artemis Program isn’t the only player in the game. Other nations - China chief among them - are planning their own operations, and whatever legal and...
July 2021
Canadarm2 - 20 years of Canadian space robotics on the ISS
... over the air-to-ground radio. He used a recording of Roger Doucet singing the national anthem before a Canadiens game at the Montreal Forum. This is thought to have been the first time any national anthem was played...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... Law PhD researcher working alongside Northumbria University and Northern Space & Security to create the ‘Space Law Games’. His research focuses particularly on matters of liability and risk management within outer space.
October 2021
Space in the movies – lessons for spacefarers
... movie considers the ‘Monster in the Id’ and the capacity of alien civilisations, and perhaps humanity, to play a dangerous game through the naïve use of technology. I find this film fascinating primarily for its philosophical import: there has...
