April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... surface environment for people to be able to move around freely, Mars in his view offers only the prospect of isolated scientific outposts, human-tended mining operations and centres for extreme adventure tourism. Since all other...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
... horizontal component of the magnetic field observed at four near-equatorial observatories and several steps are necessary to isolate the ring current signatures in the magnetic recordings. Most of the time, the Dst index fluctuates naturally...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... operations called for updated legal and policy guidance. Instead of individual nations working through these questions in isolation we could try to work together to develop common positions that we could then communicate to the world, and which...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... microgravity, conditions that are not part of our common experience. The environments also force astronauts to live in isolation without natural environmental stimuli such as natural air and light, without privacy, or the possibility of using water...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... of said obligation. It is usually the third element that causes the problems for nations. No treaty is signed in isolation, and the geopolitical situation at the time of treaty negotiations is often as significant as the actual activity for which...
March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
... a sustainable civilisation for trillions of years into the future. While an integrated global society on Earth, isolated from its interplanetary environment, is vulnerable to collapse, its diaspora on a solar system - ultimately interstellar - scale...
