October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
... a reduction to US$1,700/kg with its partly reusable Falcon Heavy rocket. Of course, the costs of onward flight across interplanetary space will be much higher. Artist’s concept depicts NASA’s Mars 2020 rover exploring Mars. Testing techniques...
July 2014
Preventing catastrophic impact
...-red spectrum. Such spacecraft could operate in Earth orbit, interplanetary orbit or, in time, be based on the Moon. ...reaction phase will be similar to the way in which interplanetary expeditions have already been carried out on many occasions to ...
March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... fields as diverse as earth observation and soon enough, interplanetary missions. A 1959 lecture by Richard Feynman may have launched...well spill over into the larger satellite industry, interplanetary scientific missions and even how we operate our ...
March 2015
Dawn of ion propulsion
... of xenon. Because the xenon is used so frugally, the corresponding thrust is very gentle. The main engine on some interplanetary spacecraft may provide about 10,000 times greater thrust but, of course, such systems are so fuel-hungry...
June 2015
Promoting growth at geostationary orbit with a one-stop-shop
... us providing the building blocks that enable others to achieve their dreams. We’re unlikely to be the company that provides interplanetary communications, but we are likely the company that provides the solution that enables that company to close...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
.... When astronauts leave planet Mars, they’ll have to do it independently. Finally, after again facing the challenge of months of interplanetary transit, they must survive another entry, descent and landing, bringing them safely back to the surface...
