November 2018
Being human in space
... our existence on Earth and in the universe. Understanding the human condition is essential for future long-distance space travel. We are human and humans seem to have built-in flaws. In various isolation experiments, where a small group of people...
October 2017
Third quarter phenomenon - the psychology of time in space
... be an oversight Consider a small crew of five or six people living and working together in a capsule travelling to Mars, millions of miles into the darkness of space. The crew will likely be the first to experience the so-called ‘Earth out of view...
January 2018
Shielding the human genome
... challenge and set about developing a suite of bioscience applications that would help propel humans into deep space travel. The group committed itself to the goal of developing an alternative pathway, one that would leverage biology itself...
January 2018
When it comes to water Mars may not be the promised land
...numbers represent a significant setback for many scientists and wealthy space enthusiasts who have ambitious plans of human exploration and settlements ...amount needed again to account for the six months travel time there and back. Such a volume of ...
January 2018
Cosmic cocktails and galactic moonshine
... better or for worse alcoholic beverages will almost inevitably travel into the expanse with future settlers and will eventually be manufactured at their new interplanetary homes. Space will present a whole raft of challenges for alcohol production...
May 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
... costs and improved safety Low-cost access to orbit will enable the cost of travelling further afield to be greatly reduced. Large orbital space depots would become affordable, and these would be used for maintaining and re-fuelling...
