January 2017
Elon Musk and Mars - looking for a snowball effect
Elon Musk, speaking to a wildly enthusiastic audience at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Mexico on 27 September 2016, has finally revealed his vision for setting up a self-sustaining human colony on the planet Mars. His starting ...
April 2017
Sky-fi dawn of the space internet era
The internet plays an essential role in everyday life - from communication, broadcasting and navigation to real-time information about any topic and, of course, virtually all business and government operations now depend on it. In the developed ...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
...long-term sustainability of space activities. In this Special Report for ROOM, Peter Martinez, Executive Director of ...own planet to study the universe beyond. Editor’s note This Special Report is based on a keynote speech given by Peter Martinez at ...
April 2018
Developing Mars
... life is innovative and not without risk. In this exclusive Special Report for ROOM two of those involved outline the idea and its...Feasibility of Artificial Geomagnetic Field Generation by a Superconducting Ring Network. Research Report NIFS-Series.
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
...could smaller spacecraft deliver in the space science arena? The answer, as suggested by a recent National Academy of Sciences report is a qualified ‘yes’: small spacecraft such as cubesats can take on unique science missions but are not a substitute...
August 2017
On-orbit assembly will deliver major benefits in coming decade
... can be obtained from space-borne payloads. The 18-segment gold mirror of the James Webb Space Telescope is specially designed to capture infrared light from the first galaxies that formed in the early universe. Design of ground...
