January 2022
International cooperation - the key to survival on Earth and in space
... Sphere Journal, caught up with Frank De Winne to obtain his perspective on human space exploration, from priority areas in ESA’s work to a personal view on current space trends. What are the responsibilities of the European Astronaut Training Centre...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
... Pence has acknowledged that “making sure that we have the security in space to advance human space exploration is the underpinning of the Space Force”. Human space exploration in this context is a euphemism for private enterprise, as bluntly stated...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
...avenues of access for private astronauts. This is of interest to nations that have not traditionally had access to human space exploration, as shown by the inauguration of the United Arab Emirates astronaut programme and other initiatives such as the...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... issue into context, since the start of human space exploration, approximately 9800 satellites have been launched, around...community’s acknowledgement of the problems facing contemporary space exploration. Throughout the development of the guidelines,...
30 June 2015
Ceres, Dawn, mysterious bright spots, and exploring the solar system
...from the sun. For the first time in the history of human space exploration, a robot probe has made it all the way to Ceres... solar system is still in many ways uncharted territory for humanity. And it’s not as if Ceres hasn’t surprised scientists ...
29 March 2018
Human Spaceflight: From Mars to the Stars
... takes away from this book will depend to a large extent on where they start: if they believe that human space exploration is too expensive and can be done more efficiently by unmanned probes, they will be cheering the author on; others...
