January 2020
Collaborating to harness space innovation in healthcare
... vital to study how humans respond to extended exposure to the space environment to determine how, as a species, we can safely extend our...phase when it comes to the utility of the space environment for advancing the life sciences, but as experience ...
October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
... peaceful whilst ensuring socioeconomic development for present and future generations without deteriorating the outer space environment. She is an advisory board member of various NGOs, human rights activist and strives to combat human trafficking...
August 2021
Collision avoidance – time for agreement on space sustainability
... the objectives of equitable access… to meet the needs of the present generations while preserving the outer space environment for future generations”. The difficulty in identifying the necessary consensus is highlighted in their gestation period...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
... not drown the roots will be needed. The plant’s response to the space environment is more difficult to evaluate. Some aspects of that environment, such as restricted space, can direct our choice toward dwarf varieties. However, some other aspects...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... newer and goes back only a decade or so. It, too, has its origins in concerns about debris pollution of the space environment, but we now also see this as symptomatic of a more complex set of underlying, interrelated issues. However, because of the...
September 2023
How microorganisms survive space travel
... Experiments using Exobiofrost The Exobiofrost equipment (Figure 6) makes it possible to expose bio-objects to the open space environment in special containers, which are closed with a lid during re-entry to prevent overheating during passage through...
