24 October 2016
New research questions the rate at which the Universe is expanding
... amount of mass before it explodes, its brightness will always be the same. They are therefore referred to by astronomers as ‘standard candles’ and are used to calculate distances in space. Studies on Type 1a supernovae led to the conclusion that the...
August 2016
Academia’s role in space protection, space traffic management & orbital debris mitigation
... ways: academe. One of the recommendations emerging from the National Research Council’s 2012 assessment of AFSPC’s Astrodynamics Standards, ‘Continuing Kepler’s Quest’, was that AFSPC become more transparent and work via the Air Force...
November 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
... for aviation navigation as the future technology for ATM/CNS. It also provided extensive guidance material in its Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPS). ADS-B As we move towards aerospace activities with aircraft and spaceships merging into...
October 2020
Extending human rights across the final frontier
...rise to several noted benefits. First, it provides an agreed standard of norms for assessing and addressing the impact of human ... child’s right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. While these examples may...
30 January 2019
New physics needed to explain early expansion of the Universe
...the Universe and what we would predict based on the standard cosmological model,” explained Lusso. At the moment, the discrepancy... duo’s data with what has become expected according to standard model of cosmology. “One of the possible solutions would...
March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
... private investment in space under the Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act, wherein launch standards are based on ‘voluntary industry consensus standards’. Progress reports are being submitted to Congress every 30 months until December 2021...
