March 2015
Sowing a new dream
...-to-face. They learn a lot, and come to feel both the pain and the joy of being in the space programme. After my return to Earth, I have been to dozens of schools. I spoke to many children and saw firsthand their yearning...
March 2016
Space for art
... other related articles presented in ROOM. As a person who believes in the value of our space programmes and has also seen first hand that these programmes don’t always do the best job at communicating that value, I’m also a believer in using...
August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
... fee in ESA, as was predicted. This is all due to the fact that, in practice, contracts from the European space programme funded by the EU are only awarded to companies and scientists from ESA members, which Poland helps to fund...
November 2016
Microgravity and space research: Bringing the commercial market into focus
... were not pro-active enough in promoting these programmes and consequently the return was quite low. Nonetheless...this questioning some will answer that every dollar spent in space programmes in the United States has brought US$8 of economic benefits...
March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
...and incorporates design heritage from the James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI infrared instrument. Observations with Twinkle...to assist with observations of stellar variability. Our education programme, EduTwinkle, also aims to involve school students in...
September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
... India’s entire value chain from upstream to downstream is mostly occupied by the government ministries/organisations India’s space programme dates back to the early 1960s and today stands in the midst of major achievements including having homegrown...