August 2016
The promise of space tourism
...adventure it would give the people of the world. Millions of kids might be inspired to pursue science and improve life on Earth as doctors, engineers and inventors. Today’s students don’t view living and working in space or on Mars as science fiction...
September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
..., as some would suggest, to pretend that images of Earth brought to us by American astronauts journeying to the Moon gave...telecom satellites, all of which have revolutionised daily life on Earth. With programmes like Copernicus and Galileo, Europe ...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... entrepreneur Yuri Milner hopes to be responsible for the first Earth-made probe to visit Alpha Centauri. And, attempting to ...at the point where the line between science fiction and real life is seeming more blurred. Celestial mining is now a very...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
...science performed on the ISS is ultimately about improving life on Earth. The same processes developed and used to provide ...the scarce fresh kind, is an essential requirement for all life on Earth (right down to the cellular level), NASA tracks nearly...
September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
... we have started. Perhaps in the future we will be the first to get closer to solving the mystery of the emergence of life on Earth. About the authors Oleg I Orlov, Dr.Sci. (Med.), M.S., MBA is a Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS...
May 2025
Mythologies of Outer Space - A new perspective on the final frontier
...Gorman contrasts this perspective with Indigenous worldviews that see celestial bodies as interconnected with life on Earth. She also reflects on the ironic relationship between space law and masculine power structures that have ...
