January 2020
Commercialising space exploration and development
..., it skews some of the results; no offence to the astronauts – it’s simply that their movements degrade the purity of the microgravity environment. The solutions discussed here are probably not the final solutions, but they represent the...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... Serena Auñón-Chancellor mixing protein crystal samples to help scientists understand how they work. Proteins crystallized in microgravity are often higher in quality than those grown on Earth and present opportunities for the development of new...
May 2020
Mixed reality in the design of space habitats
...the recent ‘Vection’ study onboard the ISS to explore perception of distance, motion and orientation capabilities under microgravity conditions. Despite these examples, MR has never been introduced in space or analogue missions as an integral habitat...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
... a scientific payload that controlled air and liquid systems, to precise levels, allowing scientists to study plant growth in a microgravity environment. This system, the Biomass Production System (BPS), deployed onboard the Space Shuttle and then...
August 2020
Interplanetary spaceflight and restorative justice
... for resolving disputes is in place. A mission to Mars will be challenging enough, thanks to the possibilities of equipment failure, microgravity effects and radiation exposure. Conflicts and disputes among the crew will only increase the challenge...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... approach would even have the bonus that it could be used as a variable gravity laboratory and not just a microgravity laboratory. However, the NASA post-Apollo programme envisaged large stations in orbit and surface bases on the...
