May 2020
Time to discuss regulations for future interplanetary trade
... consultant Kenan Guler highlights some of the issues that will need to be discussed and agreed for successful interplanetary trade of the future. What comes to mind when you think about foreign trade? In commercial terms, is it exporting...
February 2022
Nutritional issues on interplanetary spaceflights
... long shelf-life that were as ready to be consumed as possible. This requirement is due to the fact that, on a real interplanetary spaceflight, food storage conditions and technical facilities for cooking will be rather limited. The rations developed...
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...
09 April 2021
Around 5,200 tons of extraterrestrial dust falls to Earth each year
... originates from Jupiter family comets and the rest from asteroids. Understanding the role played by these interplanetary dust particles is invaluable say the team as it could provide information on how water and carbonaceous molecules were...
28 June 2021
Scottish-based AstroAgency nominated for two ‘Arthurs’
... the 2021 Sir Arthur Clarke Awards which will be presented during a gala dinner organised by the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) as part of its Reinventing Space Conference this week. SpaceBar, AstroAgency’s virtual fortnightly networking event...
