June 2018
Space 2080 a future perspective
... the hundredth anniversary of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik. But there is still so much to understand. In the past, space programmes were designed for 30 years ahead. For the ISS, for example, the design, construction and operation...
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...
January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
... and income will provide the rest. The size and complexity of the United States major space programmes - the International Space Station, Space Launch System and Orion capsule - might have benefited from a better sense of scale and...
