February 2021
Why flat panel antennas remain a challenge
..., so flat panels are naturally an attractive option and the potential is huge. A report issued last year by Northern Sky Research forecasts cumulative FPA equipment sales to reach around US$11 billion by 2028. The problem is that customers are...
March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
... his inner Captain James T Kirk as he continued: “This comforter of blue that we have around us. We think, Oh, that’s blue sky. And then suddenly you shoot through it all of a sudden, as though you whip a sheet off you when...
June 2022
Space activities and space debris - finding an ethical balance
For thousands of years, humans have gazed in wonder at the immensity of the sky above, documenting the movements of the Sun, Moon, stars and planets, incredulous at the magnificence of it all. Starry ...
February 2023
Remote sensing by satellite - People’s Republic of China
... of threatening military operations and drills executed against Taiwan, with manoeuvres taking place in the waters and skies near Taiwan and including the live-firing of ballistic missiles in the Taiwan Strait. Undoubtedly, the use...
May 2026
Mars exploration – the nuclear option
... goal; it’s a dream that humanity has carried since we first looked up and wondered what lay beyond the sky. However, even as technology advances, one challenge remains unchanged: transit time. It still takes more than 200...
October 2026
Can humanity outgrow its primitive mind before reaching the stars?
... always looked upward. Long before rockets, satellites or telescopes, our ancestors raised their eyes to the night sky and imagined meaning among the stars. They navigated by constellations, built myths around celestial movements and...
