February 2016
Nuclear Flashlamps in Space
... radioactive plasma. In short: bright light, big bang, radioactive afterglow. Nuclear explosives have been considered for space propulsion of large objects. Spacecraft designs envision pitching nuclear bombs out the back door, one by one, to detonate...
November 2025
Extra-terrestrial Skyring: managing space debris with an artificial planetary ring
... published extensively on advanced propulsion, mission architectures and the future of space infrastructure. He is a former Editor of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society and author of Deep Space Propulsion. Through both scholarship and...
November 2016
Moon or Mars - NASA’s next logical step?
... operations, a heavy-launch vehicle, crew capsule, a deep-space transit vehicle with high-efficiency in-space propulsion and power, protection from radiation, optical communication, and deep-space navigation and rendezvous. Decisions made by the next...
16 November 2018
Black Arrow looks to raise £120,000 with crowdfunding campaign
.... The £120,000 that we are hoping to raise through crowdfunder.co.uk will enable us to further enrich the UK’s strong space propulsion heritage, centred at Westcott. Black Arrow is offering some amazing rewards for all levels of support . For £50 you...
26 October 2018
Orion's service module ready to be shipped from Europe
... Service Module, which sits at the base of the spacecraft. But the service module is also designed to provide in-space propulsion, attitude control, and high altitude ascent aborts should anything go wrong. And for additional storage (for...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
...to the Moon by 2024, in line with NASA’s lunar plans. Ultimately, Blue Origin is a space transportation company; we are, at our heart, a space propulsion company. We are not a constellation satellite company, though obviously launching satellites and...
