February 2018
CubeSats changing the landscape for ‘app’ developers
... already tackling the needs for mission operations of such systems by developing a software framework for nanosatellites inspired by the latest technologies that already exist here on Earth. There is a difference in orders of magnitude when comparing...
April 2020
Evolutionary lessons for an interplanetary future
...After all, it was Charles Darwin’s experiences in Galapagos that inspired him to develop his theory of evolution by natural selection, ... natural selection. The Galapagos finches that helped inspire Darwin evolved beaks with different shapes and sizes...
August 2020
Revisiting the Drake Equation - a cultural addendum
...powerful and just fairy-child known as Ozma. In 1960, inspired by Baum’s work, scientists working with Project Ozma used ...time for equations. That being said, the Looking-Glass Equation might inspire, if not answers, at least a moment of pause. Like...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
.... It speaks to past glories and future destiny. It appeals to hoped-for innovation along the way and – as always – inspiration. These are not compelling arguments to put before rational government treasuries and so the wider benefits of satellites...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... CT Geppert, Daniel Brandau & Tilmann Siebeneichner. The boys-with-their-toys atmosphere had sufficient public resonance to inspire and support the Steve Carell Netflix series, Space Force. So how worried should we be? At first sight, very...
June 2022
Space activities and space debris - finding an ethical balance
...incredulous at the magnificence of it all. Starry nights have inspired the greatest thinkers and scientists of all time but now... and ensuring that future generations can continue to be inspired by the starry firmament above. Unscheduled re-entry of ...
