May 2018
Space safety – the problem with dual hatting
... stage Dual hatting is a particularly complex and difficult problem in the creation of novel products. The history of nuclear power regulation shows the problem when an agency has both promotional and regulatory responsibility. Adequate regulatory...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... 360 Gamma equipment which protects first responders and military personnel on Earth from gamma radiation for nuclear and radiological response. Wearable protection is much more mass efficient than shielding the entire spacecraft and...
January 2019
Smallsat revolution and AI kick-start nascent EO big data market
... Control Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance), biometrics, CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear) and explosive detection, and Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs). Prior to Seraphim she...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... around a thermonuclear energy system called the Sun. We Earthlings have only modest protection from a blazing hot nuclear system that emits huge blasts of radiation and mass ejections of ions travelling millions of kilometres an hour. If the...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... been proposed, but none has yet been successfully tested [3]. Proposals range from large guns (including nuclear) to laser launch, from electromagnetic accelerator ramps to the Space Elevator. Establishing an alternate path to space, if only...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
... in space; and Article IV, which is referred to as the “peaceful purposes” provision. Article IV forbids countries from placing nuclear weapons or any other kind of weapon of mass destruction in Earth orbit, or stationing these weapons in outer space...
