17 December 2019
Earth’s doomsday scenario
...homing in on the interconnected themes of the extraordinary science and technology required to support permanent space habitats and the first humans born in space. With around 150 specialist attendees from around the globe it was something of a niche...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
...to develop new and more cost-effective robotics missions, advanced navigation and precision manoeuvring in space, improved space situational systems, lower cost satellite manufacturing techniques and improved power systems including higher efficiency...
May 2020
An ethical code for living in space
...activities that had been undertaken to formulate an ethical code for space. This was done using accessible information from the Internet, ...Artist’s conception of a toroid shaped closed ecosystem space habitat, in the style of the original Stanford ...
August 2021
Born to juggle in space
... be a ‘new normal’ and will direct the path of all thrown objects on rotating spaceships. When living on a rotating space habitat for everyday people and artists who use objects, I cannot emphasise enough the importance of becoming accustomed...
June 2022
Pandemic parallels
...pressures that occur in small, isolated groups due to a lack of environmental variety. In their paper, ‘Microcosmic Getaways Aboard Space Habitats’ researchers Susmita Mohanty and Barbara Imhof found that beyond this, time fatigue, loss of motivation...
April 2025
Maximising returns to Earth - the infinite potential of space
...you have choices.” But he warned that “if we lose space, we can’t achieve Earth sustainability,” since satellites provide ... Moon and Mars, Tumlinson championed the idea of free space habitats - huge, rotating structures in which humans could maintain ...
