May 2019
A matter of perspective
... of defunct objects now in various orbits around the Earth, from spent rocket stages and dead satellites to nuclear reactors. Some 600,000 objects ranging from 1 to 10 cm in diameter and 21,000 objects larger than 10 cm are orbiting...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... goal. The Soviets had no strategy - other than to develop long range missiles as delivery vehicles for their nuclear bombs. There was no civilian Soviet space programme as such. Each space funding decision was made on the...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
... that contribute to climate change, and has none of the environmental problems of coal, oil, natural gas or nuclear energy. Moreover, significant investment in SPS will enable in-space manufacturing. To make space industry profitable, cheap energy...
January 2020
Rule of law vital for humanity’s sustainability and survival
... and use of outer space are the province of all humankind. States are prohibited from placing or stationing nuclear weapons or other kinds of weapons of mass destruction in outer space. The Moon and other celestial bodies must...
April 2020
Plasma Clipper - opening the age of sail, in space travel
... by igniting and expelling the reaction mass (propellant) they carry on board. Electric rockets use solar panels or a nuclear reactor to power the expulsion of the reaction mass but, essentially, they both work on the same principle...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
..., when it was proposed to launch from the north coast of the Scottish mainland in the vicinity of the Dounreay Nuclear Research Reactor. Subsequent UK spaceport studies in the first decade of this century included a study by CST in 2009 for...
