May 2019
A matter of perspective
... and the way they will shape our future life on Earth, in Earth’s near orbit and on other planets. As ...innate drive to utopian thought. Hands-on approach Without simulation on the Earth, there would be no real human activity in space This is ...
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...
October 2020
Microgravity and its effects on the human brain
...Life on Earth has evolved under many varying physical conditions but one constant factor which has remained largely unchanged throughout time is Earth...reversed effects after seven months back on Earth. Another study performed voxel-based morphometry ...
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...