October 2015
Copernicus, ESA’s most ambitious Earth Observation programme
... the 1990’s. Distributing high-quality data and building on continuous technological progress driven by the computer and internet revolution, the ‘free & open” data policy has been the ultimate accelerator in guaranteeing the maximum exploitation...
February 2016
Is Jupiter Really Our Protective Shield?
... realm with little critical examination and was then propagated in the popular media. Even today a brief Internet search yields results showing it is still either 1) stated as a fact, or 2) considered open for debate, despite the fact...
February 2016
Danish Surprise for ISS Crew
... about how astronauts live, work and function on the Space Station. He studied every video and the Internet, searching for things that could affect his menu. “I was watching an astronaut eating,” recalls Schmidt. “He was...
February 2016
Data Systems to Support Early Warning of Spaceborne Emergency Situations
.... Artist’s impression of an asteroid entering Earth’s atmosphere There are a number of information systems, databases, and open Internet resources that monitor and analyse such dangers: the Minor Planet Center at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory; ...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
According to ASTM F2792-12 (Standard Terminology for Additive Manufacturing Technologies), Additive Manufacturing (AM) can be described as, ‘a process of joining materials to make objects from 3D model data, usually layer upon layer’. AM enables the...
August 2016
Fireflies and saucers
... matter and NASA was forced to start an official investigation The astronaut’s joking remark got out on the internet and the obviously unbalanced UFO fans raised up a storm. Someone named Donald Ratch sent an official letter...
