October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
Overcoming challenges of all kinds is a mainstay of global space exploration and commercial space development, but how do those in the business feel about challenging the very essence of humanity’s future in space - or at least the pathway to get ...
October 2024
Simplicity is the space industry’s secret weapon
It is often said that “space is difficult”. Space is a challenging environment for which to design and build equipment and it is difficult to make sure it continues to operate once it is in space. Here, the author looks at the space development ...
April 2025
Catapult to orbit - will David finally defeat Goliath?
Since its inception, space travel has been a source of fascination for the most innovative and original of thinkers. It’s a fantastically challenging field and the obstacles that we must overcome are both stubborn and alarming. For decades, ...
October 2025
What future for UK human spaceflight?
The UK’s engagement with human spaceflight (HSF) has entered a new and potentially transformative phase. With multiple UK-born astronauts active within the European Space Agency (ESA) and new opportunities emerging in the commercial space sector, ...
October 2019
Are we prepared for SETI discovery?
...majority of experts believe that primitive extraterrestrial life-forms are widespread in the universe, though that is only an opinion since there is no direct scientific proof Observing this complex situation and the simple but usually overemphasised...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
...question our intrinsic motivation: what collective narrative do we want to build around our exploration of the cosmos? My personal opinion is that many answers are to be found outside the worlds of business and engineering: from philosophy and ethics...
