June 2019
Space industry prime directive
... worldwide space industry, including increasing commercialisation and how our goal should always be to deliver benefits to everyday life on Earth. Since leaving your position as NASA Administrator you’ve become a global advocate for space - how are...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... be addressed. As a fragile, organic organism adapted to life on Earth, human beings are susceptible to all sorts of diseases and ... to minimise the chances of microbes being transported from Earth to the space environment. Further, the Policy aims ...
June 2022
Space activities and space debris - finding an ethical balance
...which is now also posing a serious threat to future life on Earth and, in the view of the author, is rapidly ...it ethical to interact with a pristine foreign environment to improve life on Earth? To have ‘a second chance’? Nonetheless, it might be ...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
... ‘space weather’, as coined in the late twentieth century, generally refers to conditions in space, especially in near-Earth space, that affect life on Earth and the technology created by humans. It all starts with our local star, the Sun, where...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
... by its VividX2 prototype satellite. The videos of life on Earth included moving traffic in Buenos Aires, Argentina, aeroplanes... of free high to medium resolution data every day Earth-i plans to operate the world’s first commercial constellation...
25 February 2019
Scientists create DNA-like molecule to aid search for alien life
...instrument design and mission concepts will result in a more inclusive and, therefore, more effective search for life beyond Earth,” said Mary Voytek, senior scientist for Astrobiology at NASA Headquarters. The research is a major contribution in its...
