March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... the United States, passed the US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (HR 2262), which includes Title IV - ‘Space Resource Exploration and Utilization’. Section 402 adds Section 51303 to the US space law code. A United States citizen engaged...
January 2018
SLS ushers transformation of deep space exploration
... the author Dr Kimberly Robinson serves as the payload mission manager for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), which will transport high-priority science missions beyond Earth’s orbit for a new age of ...
October 2023
Space architecture on Earth
... glass-and-steel facilities in the world. Top of the list must be the Wenchang Space Launch Site, from which China has launched its space station (opened, 2016); and Vostochny, in the Russian far east (also 2016). Vostochny...
May 2024
Spaceflight revolution on a shoestring
... breakthrough discoveries. There are wide environmental benefits. This is not a science fiction dream. There is a roadmap for space launch that could achieve this scenario within about 15 years, using only proven technology and with a compelling...
28 December 2015
NASA Unveils “Sky For All” $15,000 Challenge
..., passenger jets, and unmanned aircraft of various sizes and speeds flying at a variety of altitudes, as well as commercial space launches, spacecraft and even stationary objects like wind turbines," says Parimal. To find viable solutions to this...
25 October 2019
Jim Bridenstine discusses impact of Trump impeachment on NASA plans
... have said just over US$500 million of the supplemental request is for the agency's Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket programs needed for the missions; while the remainder would be a start toward the development...
