January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... landing as an 11-year-old boy in the company of my family. It was clearly a big event. I knew even then it was history in the making. However – and it’s a big however – I never wanted to actually BE an astronaut. Being non-American, the image...
February 2021
Supporting sustainable lunar development
.... The settlement of the Moon, and space more broadly, will be one of the most transformative steps in the history of our species. Ultimately it has the potential to transform our relationship with Earth by moving much energy production...
April 2021
Norway’s pioneering use of microsatellites
... national programme combining in-orbit demonstration with fulfilment of government operatiional needs. Norway is a maritime nation with a long history in shipping and fisheries, as well as oil and gas exploitation at sea. With more than two million...
July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
In its history as an oxidiser for rocket propulsion, nitrous oxide has been both the villain and the hero of the ...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... surface. The ideal balance between astronaut and robotic contributions in this activity has yet to be demonstrated, but history shows us that the concept of lunar mining is at least possible. The missions of the Apollo programme proved that...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
... and biological systems at both a pathway and molecular level. Contrary to the lack of scientific awareness at that point in history, the former Bishop of Chester and one of the founders of the Royal Society, Dr John Wilkins, first proposed...
