... descendants on other worlds will differ from us. Will settling space save our species from extinction, or will it—in an ironic twist—lead to new human species? Scientists at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, preparing for a hypothetical...
...of the space industry this is the process of transferring space know-how and technology into terrestrial business Ironically, despite 82 percent of respondents not formally participating in technology transfer, the appetite for it was high. Companies...
... for SpaceLogistics, the subsidiary of Northrop Grumman that built MEV-1, I spent most of my early career at Intelsat, where, ironically, one of the satellites I helped to procure, launch and operate was Intelsat 901. I hadn’t the faintest notion...
... students to get hands-on experience with satellites will now be our personal R2-D2s which go out into space to iron out the kinks before we take a leap into science fiction. Cartoon drawn by Dr Sonali Mohapatra showing QKD...
... its internal magnetic field decayed. About 95 percent of the Earth’s magnetic field originates from its liquid iron core via the self-sustaining dynamo action of the molten, electrically-conductive fluid. The rest originates...
... highly reflective components and by changing the attitude of their satellites in the orbit-raising phase of the mission. Ironically, however, one of its more effective measures is the lowering of the orbital altitude, since this cuts the...