July 2014
In thrall to a star: understanding the Sun will help us understand our own climate and environment
... and electrons, UV and X-ray radiation, embedded magnetic fields – all of which have a profound impact on the Earth’s space environment. Of particular concern are the transient sudden-onset events, the solar flares and coronal mass ejections...
March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... debris demonstrates the value of improving coordination and cooperation among the diversity of space actors. In the current space environment, business solutions that work in tandem with the adoption of best practices and other legal and regulatory...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... state activity and commercial activity will need to be reconciled with the need to respect the fragile space environment if space activity is to be sustainable for future generations. Thanks are due to Dr. Michael Macaulay of Victoria University...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
... industries and seek to answer the question whether any part of this experience can be transferred to the space environment. Global space activity is already worth an estimated US$400 billion annually and this figure is set to increase dramatically...
June 2021
Autonomous robots in space
... and international cooperation but were also key to the technological advancement of space technologies. Today, the inherent challenges for humans in the space environment provide at least some of the inspiration for the concept of autonomous...
May 2024
Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages
... of new materials needed for spacecraft, flight hardware and astronaut clothing that can withstand the harsh space environment. The experiments demonstrate how these materials react when exposed to atomic oxygen, radiation, vacuum, zero gravity...
