May 2021
NASA’s women of inspiration
...on to successfully complete several more experimental flights. Although there have always been women working on space programmes, the Perseverance mission especially highlighted some of these incredible women, showcasing their roles and contributions...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
... power and it is on track to become the dominant economic and military force by 2045, surpassing Russia by 2030. Its space programme has made tremendous progress over the last few decades as a result of government policy prioritisation and execution...
February 2016
Defending Earth against cosmic hazards
... cited Niven’s famous lines, ‘The dinosaurs became extinct because 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!’ This seemingly whimsical observation about the end of the...
August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
The concept of a ‘Moon village’, introduced in 2016 by Director General of the European Space Agency, Jan Wörner, isn’t an active project or a space programme in the traditional sense. Rather, it represents an intention or vision for spaceflight and...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
...the Apollo era, short-sighted US politicians gutted the space programme. President Donald Trump has substantially increased NASA’s budget, ... era, short-sighted US politicians gutted the space programme Europe, India and China have seen the vision...
June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
... of Sciences (CAS); China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the main contractor for the Chinese space programme; and China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation (CASIC), a state-owned enterprise that designs, develops and...
