August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
...’s US Commercial Remote Sensing Policy (2003). The area of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster as viewed by SPOT 1. An important milestone was the launch of Ikonos-2, the first commercial EO satellite to collect images with a ground sampling distance below...
September 2017
Telescope targets enigmatic deep space mystery
... of real time detections with the time lag being of order seconds. These real time detections were a milestone in FRB astronomy and hoped to provide answers to some of the burning questions. What was producing these energetic...
May 2018
Space safety – the problem with dual hatting
...concurrent review of the documentation process is a critical component of safety regulation. Documentation of the achievement of regulatory milestones does more than fix responsibility for progress; it is the underlying statement that the development...
July 2018
A moment in space and time
... Council, we will finish staffing of the administration of the Head of Nation and internal affairs. Other important milestones will be the creation of a national bank and currency.” Dr Ashurbeyli said he aimed to set “a truly extraterrestrial pace...
June 2019
Asgardia’s parliament – a year of progress
... sessions; 2) clarity on how best to integrate our interrelations with Earth-based nations; and 3) the colossal scientific milestones which must be achieved for humanity to live in space without open-ended dependence on Earth for biological, social...
January 2020
A year of consolidation and expansion
..., creating a precedent which is bound to be repeated in future. Dr Ashurbeyli’s facilitation of the event was itself something of a milestone. It gave the proceedings a very substantial gravitas. This was not a casual conversation. It was a keynote...
