August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
.... The envisioned research facility offers opportunities to research how to establish a life-friendly environment, including growing plants, fungi and algae; breeding insects; recycling, processing and preparation methods; recipes; creation of new...
01 April 2020
Biohybrid can turn CO2 into new products for use on Mars or Earth
... to remove nail varnish. The advantage of using nanowires for such a process is that while photosynthesis is suitable for a plant’s needs, its not an overly efficient method for synthesising nutrients. Photosynthesis typically converts less than one...
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
...seen, ever since, visiting cosmodromes and production plants, welcoming foreign delegations, meeting specialists and encouraging ...building of a ‘space city’ in Moscow beside the Khrunichev plant where the Proton rocket has been made. Even at institute...
October 2021
Mining lunar hydrogen
... as the Toshiba H2One concept, which would provide power up to 55 kW and consume up to 2.5 cubic metres of water). Such power plants can operate in a closed-loop mode by being coupled with a unit for spontaneously decomposing water into hydrogen...
November 2021
Space in support of sustainable development
... protection of Earth’s natural environment” and “the protection of mankind from natural disasters”. The output of solar energy plants has been boosted by help from space. For example, ‘SolarSAT’ from Italian company Flyby uses weather...
20 April 2016
Satellite company OneWeb announce ambitious plans for world-wide internet coverage
...agency – the company will invest about $80 million in its manufacturing facility, including $36 million in the plant itself. The plant will qualify for $17.5 million in matching funds from the Florida Department of Transportation for the construction...
