January 2018
Shielding the human genome
... as the most dangerous aspect of travel to Mars. Without radical advances in science, astronauts sitting atop NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) might ask themselves if the greatest risk to their endeavour might be within them, the cells ...
May 2018
Why national space laws on the exploitation of resources of celestial bodies contradict international law
... the US Commercial Space Launch Act of 2015 and the Luxemburg Law on the Exploration and Use of Space Resources of 2017 .... No state can legislate unilaterally in the exploitation of outer space and celestial bodies, and thus, no state can enact laws...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
... than the 22-ton payload mass one Space Launch System (SLS) is expected to launch towards the red planet. Even so, ..., the bioregenerative life support system mass that needs to be launched from Earth is decreased by several orders of magnitude. For ...
22 June 2021
Space Perspective confirms successful test flight
... on today’s first test flight of its revolutionary spaceballoon capability, and for being the first space launch operator to fly from the Space Coast Spaceport, Florida’s newest spaceport. This flight highlights the reality of Florida again at the...
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 ...
