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...
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...
October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
... as other necessary base materials. Transporting from Earth involves significant logistical challenges due to the constraints of space travel, particularly payload weight and volume limitations. Today’s launch vehicles have strict payload limits. For...
10 October 2016
Risk of chronic dementia for astronauts heading to Mars
... to a range of potential central nervous system complications that can occur during and persist long after actual space travel - such as various performance decrements, memory deficits, anxiety, depression and impaired decision-making. Many of these...
02 February 2018
How a year in space affects your body
...cells regulate physiological processes) of each twin, revealed that space travel causes an increase in methylation, the process of turning ...The study conducted by Mason and team into how space travel can influence chemical changes in RNA and DNA, ...
15 January 2021
Orion now ready for its Moon mission later this year
... exploration vehicle that will one day carry astronauts to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel, and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Orion is equipped with a European-built...
