June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... inquiry that needs attention. It is argued, however, that the need for embedding environmental ethics within space travel to ensure continued sustainable access to space presents the single most pressing area of attention given the dramatic increase...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
... dysrhythmias, life-support systems, mental health, and public health. Radiation Radiation is a major challenge for human space travel. Away from Earth’s protective magnetic field, two key types of radiation are of concern: solar particle events...
June 2022
Protecting crews in interplanetary ships and space colonies from the space environment
... with one of the asteroids when it passes the Earth and travel with it until it approaches the Red Planet. In one version...-protected, artificial gravity orbital stations near colonised planets. Space settlements on the Moon, Mars, Ceres, Titan and...
18 July 2017
Why the space programme needs civil engineers
... planets. As they get older, they realise that only a small minority of people becomes astronauts and that space travel isn’t what they once imagined. But many still want to work in the field. It’s exciting and there...
July 2020
Are we entering a post-Overview Effect era?
... spacefaring nations to many, from very little entrepreneurial activity to quite a lot. For years, the bar for space travel was very high - typified by a highly competitive astronaut selection process. Today, the only real barrier to direct...
January 2023
Producing food in space
... minimum amount and it excludes the mass of the water required. Since the expeditions could well be longer, space travellers will have to rely on having the means to grow food and process it en route. Several plants have already...
