February 2017
Growing space agency dilemma
... they didn’t have a space programme. And if we become extinct because we don’t have a space programme, it’ll serve us right!” The problem is that the space agencies today still have inadequate programmes for viable space defence of our planet. These...
April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
... and planetary science missions. Astronauts flew aboard the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station and the Space Coast region rode the economic boom of America’s thriving space programme as the Air Force provided Cape Canaveral facilities...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
.... Following the lead set principally by the US, other countries around the world are starting to commercialise their space programmes, in the hope of reducing associated costs and acquiring a larger share of the rapidly expanding...
April 2021
Making space part of the everyday European agenda
... (ESA), Austrian Josef Aschbacher, is committed to building a more cooperative relationship between the EU and ESA on space programmes. Speaking exclusively to Clive Simpson, ROOM’s Editor-in-Chief, via Zoom at the start of the year, he emphasised...
May 2024
Out of this world – NASA’s textile technicians and innovations for space voyages
...”. Designers at NASA keep these conditions in mind when they develop new yarns and fabrics for specific space programmes. They constantly test and evaluate new fabric properties that keep astronauts safe and comfortable. Their...
August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... and political debate, many nations and their national agencies aspire to reach the stars. This is reflected in space programmes across the world that pump in vast amounts of money and resources towards similar goals of interplanetary exploration...
