December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
... south pole, supporting long-term, large-scale scientific exploration, technical experiments and development and utilization of lunar resources”. This is a logical extension of the OST, in that agents of any state must be allowed free access to all...
October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
...of them in the International Mars Colony, eight at the Chinese base – many fewer than at the lunar colonies – called themselves Martians, though ...ice was 20 metres down. It was essential that the colony gain access to it, but just you try drilling on ...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
...Moon. Back in 1969, it seemed that by now there would be thousands - if not tens of thousands - of people in space; we’d have lunar colonies and we’d be doing everyday things on the Moon and other planets by now. So somehow it doesn’t seem right that...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... from the planet’s upper atmosphere. Moon and Mars infrastructure There are now scores of proposals for lunar colonies. The technologies associated with resource acquisition, materials processing, space manufacturing and more will be central to the...
May 2022
Design architecture for 3D printing a lunar habitat
... regions which may provide a source for a liquid water supply chain. With one of the major roles of a lunar colony being to provide shielding from cosmic and solar radiation, micrometeorites and extremes of temperature, site design options...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... the authorities to ensure the availability, accessibility, and acceptability of such elements. Additionally, a child born on a lunar colony is faced with numerous health-related issues, including osteoporosis, heart disease and impaired vision all...
