August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
... we can today One of the earliest attempts to suggest practical means to reach the stars was by noted science fiction author and science writer Arthur C Clarke in his 1951 book, The Exploration of Space, in which he proposed using nuclear propulsion...
May 2025
Mythologies of Outer Space - A new perspective on the final frontier
... a precedent for later Western colonial expansion into space Chris Pak’s Terraforming and Analogy in Science Fiction explores how speculative fiction has long engaged with the ethics of transforming alien worlds. He traces the origins of terraforming...
April 2021
Satellite servicing comes of age
... and the in-orbit assembly of new facilities. As with many other aspects of space development, science fiction got there first; but eventually science fiction becomes engineering fact, as SpaceLogistics has proved with MEV-1. Acknowledgment The RSGS...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
... the parameters for safe and healthy human space travel. Regulatory summit Space is no longer the preserve of science fiction or government astronauts but the new commun-ications superhighway of the new global economy That’s why I’m proposing...
September 2017
Science searches for cosmic company
Aliens have been a common fixture in science fiction since the Second World War when the ..., but in no way disturbing. The public had been conditioned by endless science-fiction stories to expect that the red planet may once have hosted life. This...
October 2020
Learning from alternative universes
An alternative universe is a concept that blurs the line between science and fiction. For science fiction fans and writers, these universes are theoretical constructs that allow for a multitude of scenarios where the ...
