June 2022
Protecting crews in interplanetary ships and space colonies from the space environment
.... Technically, this is achievable by using ring trestles made of light lattice trusses. If Starship rockets are used to supply lunar bases, by the time the squadron is sent to Mars, there might have accumulated a sufficient stock of ships with almost...
June 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
...something like it, is built and the lower cost limit of spaceplanes based on existing technology is approached. This cost can be estimated by comparison...reduce the cost. The cost of the first lunar base could be reduced by about 10 times using ...
24 October 2019
SpaceX confirm plans to build cities on the Moon and Mars
...very large payloads to the Moon, set up and operate lunar bases and do the same at Mars around the same time. ... both crewed and uncrewed, to the Red Planet in order to set up bases. Their first Martian city is expected to be completed by 2050. In true...
June 2015
Bringing technology down to earth
... to sustainability. A common perception is that these two concepts are far apart. On the contrary, a space shuttle or a future lunar base is one of the most durable systems you can imagine; namely a closed ecosystem. Oxygen, water, food and...
March 2016
Time for European visionary goals
... the experience of achieving the impossible, a heritage of exploration and discovery dating back hundreds of years. Working on a future lunar base or ‘Moon Village’ My response it that now is time for Europe to once again take the lead in moving...
