... way to the comet surface. For me, this was the moment of great relief, seeing that after 12 years of interplanetary space travel Philae was ready to set foot on the comet.The operations team could now lean...
... of this discussion and include consideration of the physical and psychological issues facing crewmembers embarking on interplanetary travel.6 Related to this are the values underpinning human exploration and colonization: questions of the conditions...
...planetary astronomer Dr. Harold Reitsema, with 30 years of experience at Ball Aerospace in designing and building of interplanetary spacecraft and astronomical imaging detectors, to be Mission Director. Sentinel would be the first proposed deep space...
... artists In 1950s Britain there was RA (Ralph) Smith, who worked with Arthur C Clarke and the British Interplanetary Society. Smith was an engineer as well as an artist, so was able to design his own vehicles and hardware, which...
... resulted in a joint commercialisation of the Russian Proton heavy launcher, which was by then mostly dedicated to interplanetary space probes or soviet satellites placed in geostationary orbits. Soyuz launch vehicle in the assembly hall at Baikonur...
... Science’, which is devoted to fundamental research. The focus is on investigating the Solar System. Given the costs of interplanetary space missions, which can sometimes reach hundreds of millions of euros, the question of how to use funds in the...