April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
...“trashing planet Earth and moving on” (a quotation from a recent discussion between the author and a highly respected space scientist in the pages of Spaceflight, February 2021). However, the idea of a rapacious capitalist elite laying waste to Earth...
February 2018
European centre shifts emphasis to deep space missions
... typical exploration tasks on the Moon. NEEMO (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations) is the NASA undersea space analogue used for operational testing and environment research and technology. As a partner, ESA-EAC is participating in the...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
... danger, limited habitability and life support, and long periods of monotony and confinement. Earth-based space analogues typically include Antarctic research stations, polar expeditions, submarine deployments and simulation chambers. Although these...
November 2016
Hi-tech greenhouse to test plant cultivation technologies in Antarctica
... relevant conditions and with representative mass flows, the EDEN ISS consortium defined six objectives: Manufacturing a space analogue mobile test facility Integration and test of an International Standard Payload Rack plant cultivation system for...
