October 2015
Space debris, Kessler Syndrome, and the unreasonable expectation of certainty
... and Nicholas Johnson in 2006 we now understand that the continued growth of the debris population is likely in the future even if ... launch activity is halted. The reason for this sustained growth, and for the concern of many satellite operators who ...
October 2015
From post-humanity to fractals: is human space exploration doomed?
...cm3), the Galaxy (10-24 g/cm3) and the observable universe (2 x 10-31 g/cm3). We can assume that with an unlimited growth of the volume of fragments of the Universe, their density approaches zero. The hypothesis of a fractal universe results in this...
February 2016
Shifting Space Perspectives: Artistic Research as Connective Research Area
.... Qualitative relationships are quantified and, in the case of Growing As Building, architectural visions of the self-growing house, growth principles and biological role models were related to each other. A set of first experiments was derived from...
February 2016
How to Build Planets
... a self-induced dust pile-up where a complex interplay between growth and migration induces dust self-accumulation. Basically, instead of the... overcome the radial drift and inefficient grain growth problem. Consequently, some researchers are now ...
April 2017
Mega-challenges for mega-constellations
... last de-orbited satellite re-entered 25 years later and the final post-constellation phase showed a gradual population growth that depended only on the behaviour of the background population and on the effects caused by the constellation satellites...
September 2017
Call for Australia to head back into space
... of the ORS concept? Demand for satellite services often outstrips supply and this problem is exacerbated by an exponential growth in networked capabilities and insatiable demand for bandwidth Every two years the Australian Defence Force invites...
