February 2019
The challenge of procreation for future off-world settlers
... development. Here, Dr L Joseph Parker examines some of the health problems of low gravity living and offers one innovative solution that might one day provide a viable option for an artificial gravity system. More and more...
January 2020
Open source space sustainability
... of low Earth satellites is raising public awareness and concern about the long-term sustainability of space activities. An innovative open source system called TruSat is creating new opportunities for concerned citizens around the world to be part...
April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
... to be launched, paying large sums and running the riskof delays. The British government recognised that small, innovative developers with potentially game-changing technologies were being priced out of the market and identified an opportunity...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
Today’s space applications represent a wide range of innovative and creative uses of the orbital environment that will, unfortunately, have an unprecedented impact upon the visible ...
January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
... be produced. NASA’s Orbital Syngas/Commodity Augmentation Reactor (OSCAR) is one project offering a way to design new and innovative technology for dealing with garbage in space. When planet Earth sends humans into space, they are...
21 December 2020
Innovative design could see CubeSats "steam-powered"
Miniaturised satellites made up of multiples of 10 x 10 x 10 centimetre cubic units have made a huge impact on space research since their introduction in 1999. Better known as CubeSats, these small satellites are often constructed from commercial ...
