August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
.... Militarily, Sputnik itself did very little. However, socially, politically and in terms of power relations Sputnik was a game changer. The success of Sputnik left the US, its politicians and citizens questioning the utility of not only...
September 2016
Paediatric cancer patients aim for the stars with space inspired art project
... of our sessions and interviews with patients and their family members the way a football team uses game films, to understand what was working about the process and to demonstrate through first-hand accounts the...
November 2016
Microgravity and space research: Bringing the commercial market into focus
... constraints normally associated with this type of process. The lower pricing of microgravity experiments has also been a game changer. By opening the Space Station to a wider public, companies such as NanoRacks have been able to engage customers...
March 2017
Space is open for business
... asserted. Rainer Horn explained that while billionaires like Elon Musk attract other entrepreneurs into the game, this New Space is “very particular” in the way it motivates a unique type of personnel. “The talented staff is not...
September 2017
Telescope targets enigmatic deep space mystery
... resulting data. With the aid of graphic processing units (GPUs) - 54 to be exact - originally designed for the video games industry, the Molongo inteferometer receives one petabyte (PB) of data a day (the equivalent of 200,000 DVDs a day...
February 2018
CubeSats changing the landscape for ‘app’ developers
... existed two decades ago? Before the USB, there were serial ports, parallel ports, DIN connectors, PS/2, game ports, and many others. USB is now a small, simple, and robust industry standard for the connection...
