December 2019
Human conception and childbirth in space
... interventions include the temporary removal and cryogenic storage of ovaries and womb before prolonged space travel (e.g. to Mars) to enable better radiation protection. SpaceBorn United monitors these developments regarding assisted reproductive...
May 2026
Mars exploration – the nuclear option
...and deep space probes to Jupiter, Saturn and the outer planets, were never realised. Nuclear solution The issue of the travel time ... This makes NEP ideal for the cruise phase of interplanetary travel provided time is not a limiting factor. However, in...
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 ...
June 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...
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...
April 2026
Exploring Mars – the key issues
... expect either of these ancient processes to come to a screeching halt at the top of our planet’s atmosphere. Indeed, as the Space Age approaches its seventieth year, they show no signs of doing so. About the author Donald F Robertson is a freelance...
