January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... GEO and can perform multiple tasks. Far right: Software runs today’s semiconductor factories. Humans enter the fabrication ... for pose determination, and fewer lines of flight software. Investigate vibration-damping packaging for launch. Rather than...
April 2019
LISA Pathfinder – paving the way for future studies of the gravitational universe
...experiments. New procedures were generated and validated against the software simulator and/or the ‘hardware in the loop’ Engineering... was routinely used to validate procedures and flight software updates, an invaluable risk reduction tool for the...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
... over 40 years, developing and delivering hardware and software projects and advanced capabilities for human spaceflight. He ... support systems hardware, simulations, models, and other software for the mission simulators, planning systems, and the...
January 2020
Open source space sustainability
... reserved for governments. If you want to be part of the solution, whether by observing satellites, developing open source software, or authoring or translating materials to enable more of Earth’s population to participate, I hope you will join the...
February 2021
Cyber and Space – the role of the cyber-range
... as the Internet, and a cyber-range is a virtual environment that can be used for cyber warfare training and software development. What is seen by one person as an attack mechanism may be seen by another as a critical capability for assisting with...
March 2021
iPhone moment for the Earth observation industry
... the next few years, which should help the valuations of unicorn-level companies, given the scalability of software products and their unit economics. Artist’s concept of NASA’s TROPICS mission using a constellation of 12 CubeSats flying in formation...
