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...
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...
August 2020
Interplanetary spaceflight and restorative justice
... of what happened, agreement might not be reached following a restorative justice conference. That said, the special context of interplanetary spaceflight, where crew members have clear shared interests in the success and safety of the mission, may...
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...
