November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... (one for each growth chamber, including video-imaging HW) In the top portion of the rack, a panel for manual monitoring and control of some of the rack’s key functional parameters will be housed, together with a storage drawer...
January 2017
Blueprint for NASA’s journey to Mars
... the MBC mission concept, focusing on the most effective roles and use of robotic/automated and human/manual capabilities, and systems for the advancement of key science objectives. Of particular interest are definition of the robotic...
March 2017
Rosetta – outstanding climax to pioneering mission
... surface - also developed for the first time for this phase of the mission. This was initially a manual process, that they managed to progressively automate in the first months around the comet. Philae landing site...
June 2017
Automated or human-operated systems?
... were mission-threatening technical problems. After experiencing power failure in the capsule, pilot Gordon Cooper took manual control and successfully estimated the correct pitch for re-entry into the atmosphere using just his...
September 2017
Call for Australia to head back into space
... law. His thesis topic for his Master of Laws degree at McGill University was on the need for a ‘Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space’ (MILAMOS). References 1 Adelaide Convention Bureau, Press Release, “Adelaide...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
.... Windows, fused silica and borosilicate glass panes which have temperature sensitive elements and heaters, can be manually shuttered to avoid micrometeoroids and orbital debris. Rules and regulations Across the European Union (EU) directives need...
