October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
... by Arthur C. Clarke in a 1945 article published in Wireless World magazine, in which the then naval officer and science fiction author proposed their use to create a global communications system. Based on earlier work by a largely forgotten Slovene...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
... in that era, when the concepts of colonising space and utilising space resources were still in the realm of science fiction. Now, with these prospects becoming increasingly real we have to consider a new approach to human action and interaction...
February 2021
In-orbit servicing and insurance – a marriage of convenience?
... The concept of in-orbit servicing of spacecraft has fascinated science fiction writers and space enthusiasts for decades, but now that ...management lie within the domain of economic and management science, there is also no doubt that the law affects...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
Today, many would be startled to learn, there are four United States-based companies whose business plans involve ‘space mining’ for profit. These companies include Planetary Resources Inc, Deep Space Industries, Moon Express, and Shackleton Energy ...
January 2018
Cosmic cocktails and galactic moonshine
... item in future space colonies, it wouldn’t come about until they had a very plentiful food production capability.” Science fiction Space presents a whole raft of challenges for alcohol production never experienced on Earth All too frequently, NASA...
March 2017
Space research inspires innovation in fashion
... of plastic discs or aluminium plates strung in a way that was reminiscent of chainmail. Rabanne extended his research to popular science fiction when he designed the costumes for the classic cult film Barbarella in 1968, which is set in the 41st...
