February 2016
Innovations in human astronautics
... with its help, humanity will be able to take the next step in the development of human space programmes - to begin researching and exploring space beyond low Earth orbit. The Moon, asteroids that are close to Earth, and Mars...
September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
... returned to the Moon for 45 years. But do not forget how the missions of Apollo - and more recent space programmes - have changed our humanity and society in an irreversible way, perhaps in the process forcing us to accomplish not one...
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... lobbying by Mexican academics who recognised that Mexico needed an organisation responsible for conducting a national space programme The Mexican space agency (AEM - Agencia Espacial Mexicana) came into being after lobbying by Mexican academics who...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
... to be restructured with a top administrator assigned the task of planetary defence against cosmic hazards, and if military space programmes were similarly restructured, then more rapid progress could be made in this crucial area. For instance, these...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
...The VLS-1 was one of the main objectives of the Brazilian space programme. Another important project was the development of a launch site, ... VLS accident was a major setback to Brazil’s space programme. The rocket exploded on its launch pad, killing...
July 2021
A shared vision for space exploration
... focus of the Accords is transparency. The OST does provide a few requirements here, but too many civil space programmes around the world are opaque and secretive about their activities. Building on longstanding NASA, European, Japanese...
