July 2018
The rise of interplanetary CubeSats
... solar arrays on one of the Mars Cube One (MarCO) spacecraft at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Interplanetary challenges Interplanetary CubeSats, thanks to their low-cost, could perform highrisk, highreward science Major challenges remain in the...
10 March 2017
New interplanetary radar technique spots "lost" lunar spacecraft
... challenging due to its bright glare. Now, a new technological application is set to change that as scientists have used an interplanetary radar to successfully spot both NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter [LRO] and the “lost” Indian Space Research...
August 2016
Exploring the problems of criminal justice in space
... that provision for isolated detention facilities will be made, given that living space will be at a premium onboard interplanetary craft. The principal tool of punishment (incarceration away from the main social group) would seem to be inappropriate...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... space programmes across the world that pump in vast amounts of money and resources towards similar goals of interplanetary exploration. Duplicity of effort is rampant and today there still exists a situation wherein nations tend to pursue planetary...
January 2018
Cosmic cocktails and galactic moonshine
... almost inevitably travel into the expanse with future settlers and will eventually be manufactured at their new interplanetary homes. Space will present a whole raft of challenges for alcohol production. When European settlers arrived in the...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
..., contingency lifeboat, and integral Earth re-entry vehicle. Mars Base Camp composite illustration For a first human interplanetary mission, system redundancy and self-rescue capability is essential. Aborts from low-Earth orbit (LEO) take...
