November 2025
Searching for life beyond Earth
... of Sciences, a recipient of the Magellanic Premium Medal (awarded for major contributions in the field of navigation, astronomy, or natural philosophy), and has Asteroid 9729 named in her honour.
March 2026
Humanity – the potential of space
... ecosystem that sustains us, has more than one home? As I discussed earlier, Elon Musk has framed this philosophy as SpaceX’s central mission: making humanity a multiplanet species within his lifetime, with Mars as the first step...
April 2026
Future-building in space - sustainability as first principle
... political processes in the city or country where you live and how they have been directly shaped by philosophies spanning literally thousands of years. Think of climate change and how communities that experience increased wildfires or floods...
September 2026
Ten years of Asgardia - from idea to nation
... as just another space project. From the beginning I envisioned it as a global, unifying humanitarian project and its philosophy was founded upon a simple principle: humanity’s future in space should belong to humanity. A true nation without borders...
September 2026
Can Starlab offer Europe a future in Earth orbit?
... discussion. “We already know what works.” Other lessons learned from the ISS are clearly shaping design philosophy. Don’t place maintenance-heavy systems outside a station if avoidable. Minimise EVA requirements. Use commercially available systems...
October 2026
Can humanity outgrow its primitive mind before reaching the stars?
... alternative. Maybe one of the greatest lessons of becoming spacefaring is that survival itself may finally teach us what philosophy has long attempted to explain: no civilisation thrives alone. Earth as the training ground for civilisation To become...
