October 2015
From post-humanity to fractals: is human space exploration doomed?
...’ the Earth, but what we might call the “law of expansion” forces humanity to look towards space to further widen the scope of its successes. Yet humanity will not triumphantly go forth across the never-ending Universe, because its...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
...only agency charged with human space exploration. The American Space Renaissance Act begins the process of bringing NASA’s space exploration activities in line with a doctrine of pioneering space. The bill amends the Space Act of 1958 (directing NASA...
August 2020
Revisiting the Drake Equation - a cultural addendum
... quantifying the impact of any public announcement regarding evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence. As an anthropologist who researches human space exploration, I wondered, could the Drake Equation and the Rio Scale be taken one step further? Can...
February 2022
A manifesto for Europe in space
... the accelerators are focused on societal needs, the inspirators are aimed at inspiring people about space. On one side there is human space exploration, which is very well understood as an inspiration for young people. The question is whether Europe...
14 October 2020
NASA signs up nations for its Artemis Accords, while Russia shuns Gateway plans
... in the Artemis programme are expected to adhere to. “Artemis will be the broadest and most diverse international human space exploration program in history, and the Artemis Accords are the vehicle that will establish this singular global ...
January 2016
A Moon of Their Own
...of astronauts. Today, women are playing a more active role in space exploration and as part of the Luna-2015 (Moon-2015) project, based...spent one to two weeks studying research and exploration methods. Baseline indexation was registered two weeks ...
