June 2019
Space industry prime directive
... get a human spaceflight vehicle that would meet our safety standards. It took us about two years just to get to ...where we had agreed with the private sector on engineering and safety standards for a commercial cargo vehicle. I defy anybody to look at...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
... than the heritage systems aboard the ISS. Standard packaging and interfaces reduce integration costs, enable ..., handling aids and connectors to inform selection of those standard interfaces to be delivered for seamless and efficient installation into...
September 2019
Extending the life of geostationary orbit satellites
... provide up to 15 years of life extension to commercial clients, and carries excess fuel margin beyond that. In addition to standard GEO life extension, the MEV is also capable of providing clients with additional services including close inspections...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
..., this is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and, so far, it is satisfied that Starlink is following current regulations, standards and guidelines for design and operation, as well as use of space as per their national and international laws...
February 2021
Supporting sustainable lunar development
... them. A way forward Any individual on Earth could become a shareholder with a minimum investment threshold affordable by global standards The Lunar Development Cooperative (LDC) is one model for doing this. It would be an organisation that finances...
March 2021
Data may be the new oil... but its real value is in actionable information
...now flexible and scalable ‘in the cloud’ using established standards across multiple domains so that the effort required to ... made available in the cloud, processed in the cloud to standard analysis ready data (ARD) formats, and then further refined...
