February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
...range from large guns (including nuclear) to laser launch, from electromagnetic accelerator ramps to the...a Space Elevator is substantially lower than on a rocket; solar or laser power should suffice. The Space Elevator is a very large structure indeed...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... and enables a peer-to-peer system to be implemented. ESA’s laser satellite EDRS-C which is due for launch later in 2019. ...Data Relay System (EDRS) is the most sophisticated laser communication network ever designed. Its two geostationary satellites...
May 2019
Growing Australia’s space industry
...well as our researchers working together on new technologies such as laser communications. Our goal is to triple the size of the ...now has a LGS AO system for enhanced satellite and debris laser tracking. The sky’s the limit We are also forging ahead...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
...the US Space Command for 2020: a space-based high-energy laser destroys a terrestrial target. Thus, the inadequacy, and even some...humanity. Artist’s concept of land, air and space-based lasers. Space-based natural resources New legal norms meant to ...
April 2020
Lunar artefact – a time capsule for the future
...of full sun to full darkness. Additional consideration for laser welding, mechanical assembly, scale, vibration load, and ... its colour will fade to expose raw nickel alloy and a laser engraved image in the mural surface. This change will occur across...
February 2022
Extremophiles as a blueprint for universal life
... Today, sending a ‘genesis ark’ of extremophiles to distant bodies on board ultra-light nanocrafts powered by ground-based lasers may be a possibility The heat produced by the radioactive decay supported liquid water pools in a large number of comets...
