29 June 2015
SpaceX Falcon 9 failure: will launch markets and manned spaceflight be affected?
... 9 rocket broke apart over the Atlantic. Yet we were also reminded that risk is the name of the game in space. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was carrying an unmanned Dragon cargo vehicle when it disintegrated shortlt after...
05 February 2018
Launch fever grips Florida as SpaceX prepares for game-changer mission
You know that there is something special coming up when you walk over to the customs and immigration officer after arriving at Florida’s Orlando airport and in reply to his question ‘you what you are coming to do here the US?’ you reply: “I'm here ...
October 2015
Space debris, Kessler Syndrome, and the unreasonable expectation of certainty
... impossible to define appropriate and robust guidelines that can be used to direct remediation endeavours. Playing the debris game To understand the difficulty associated with the apparently simple task of identifying debris to remove, we can use the...
May 2024
Spaceflight revolution on a shoestring
...requires the opening up of large new commercial markets. The game-changing launcher will therefore be the one that best meets...as soon as is practicable, the design driver for the new game-changing launcher can be summarised as ‘safety soon’. The need ...
08 November 2019
MVA proposes 'Olympics on the Moon' event
... symbolic event on the Moon during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, either in 2024 in Paris (France) or in 2026 in Milan... of the Moon Village Association, states, “showcasing Olympic Games on the Moon will be for the public a concrete...
December 2014
From the green economy to green space
... the principles of green space The stages involved would consist of: i) development and implementation of new rules of the game (standardisation etc); ii) a transition period (from black-brown space to green). The first stage would take approximately...
