September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
n May 1950, the French minister of foreign affairs made a speech from the l’Horloge du Quai d’Orsay in Paris, in which he famously launched the European coal and steel community project. Born to a French father, who became a German national after ...
January 2017
Elon Musk and Mars - looking for a snowball effect
.... But one problem with it was raised in 2011 by Jeff Greason, then president of XCOR Aerospace. In his own inspirational address to the International Space Development Conference, Greason said: “It is actually the national policy of the United States...
January 2017
Israeli students inspired by nano-satellite projects
The idea of using the new Cubesat platform to educate Israeli school grade students was conceived in 2003 by Dr Anna Heller, who had worked in the aerospace industry as a researcher for the development of the new ErosB and Ofek6 Israeli satellites ...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
... and commercial platforms in orbit, and lunar bases connected by a reliable transportation network, seemed inevitable to an inspired generation of ‘baby boomers’ who flooded into science and engineering hoping to participate in humankind’s greatest...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
...’s oft quoted observation, “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever” is inspirational and motivational to all with a desire to explore and expand into outer space, but hard and convincing...
February 2020
‘Witches brew’ of a subordinate space corps
...’ the 1969 Moon landing you will remember. We laughed together, and together we experienced awe, wonder and inspiration. We were terrified, hopeful, stunned, elated and relieved - and our hearts soared as one. Jumping forward almost...
