January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
...scientific operations with minimal geologic disturbance in the milli-gravity of these ‘alien’ worlds, astronauts will collect ...opportunities to develop and validate sample return and low gravity body mission elements, systems and protocols prior to...
January 2019
Visiting an asteroid to find out how life began
... about 1.1 kg each, and measuring 18 cm by 7 cm. The main task of these rovers on Ryugu’s surface is to rove. Movement on a very low gravity body is a tricky business. Wheels and caterpillar tracks will lack the friction needed to drive across the...
May 2019
Wake-up call for debris creation in geostationary orbit
... The biggest investment in response to the space debris issue, by an order of magnitude, has been the 2013 film Gravity The problem of the lack of legal accountability or liability applies to all orbital regimes but there is a danger in assuming...
August 2019
The next us – our evolution in deep space
... for humans unlike any we have ever encountered: the tug of gravity is absent; the ability to escape danger or call for help ...Troi’. When the Sun is just a star As the tug of gravity and the warmth of the Sun diminish, humans will truly understand ...
September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
... surface of Didymos A, such as boulders, and mapping small metre-scale variations in their rotation around the centre of gravity over time, while also taking account of spacecraft motion due to gravitational disturbance, or the slight but steady...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
...optimal) features like adequate radiation protection, spin-induced artificial gravity and, above all, a multi-role capability. The ... the bonus that it could be used as a variable gravity laboratory and not just a microgravity laboratory. However, the ...
