November 2017
Roving the red planet
The task of mapping and understanding Mars has been greatly aided by the extensive orbital remote sensing of the planet provided by a series of spacecraft dating back to the Mariner 9 mission which began its orbital reconnaissance of ...
January 2021
Evolution of volatiles on the Moon
... well established until the recent discovery and modelling of the early lunar magnetosphere. A recent re-analysis of the remotely sensed data from lunar polar regions showed widespread hematite (Fe2O3), which seemingly requires the delivery of oxygen...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
...space navigation systems, space-based communications, remote sensing, meteorological services, and even national defence ... be implemented for another celestial body. It might make sense to develop an experimental test shield for Mars before seeking...
February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
...new space services like communications and defence satellites, remote sensing, space navigation and weather forecasting. But in terms...need to start taking quite seriously. In a very real sense we are dealing with cosmic fire. A spectacular coronal ...
December 2018
Coffee roasting in space
... elite billionaires, while commercial activities have been largely limited to satellites for communications, navigation systems and remote sensing. More ambitious projects - lunar and Mars rovers, planetary probes and human exploration aboard the...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
... to support the realisation and maintenance of human rights obligations terrestrially, such as the use of remote sensing and Earth observation satellites for monitoring humanitarian developments in Burma. Secondly, the extension of terrestrial human...
