July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... after attending the launch of a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Even so, there is no global standard on how to respond to a viral contagion that may affect a wider population. The closest may be the Planetary Protection...
January 2021
Asgardia’s project for a new module to expand Space Station
... for various projects and customers at a reduced cost of manufacturing, coupled with the advantage of the ability to use standard commercially available launch vehicles. The project is very much in line with the goals of ESA’s space exploration...
May 2024
Spaceflight revolution on a shoestring
... suggests that the new launcher should be designed to airliner standards as far as is practicable, as these are the safest... in the Spacecab lower stage will be expensive by aviation standards, largely because of the short life of today’s rocket ...
27 January 2017
Distant quasars help refine the rate of the expanding Universe
... the discrepancy could hint at "new physics" beyond the standard model of cosmology, say the team. The rate at which... Universe. The rate of this expansion is determined by the current Standard Cosmological Model, "Lambda CDM", and it has in the past...
June 2015
The new space ethics: COSPAR, Planetary Protection and beyond
... areas of concern. There are those ventures for which the technology does not yet exist to an appropriate standard of certainty and reliability: terraforming of alien biospheres, the physical colonisation of other planets and the ability to mine...
April 2017
Surviving radiation for space colonisation
...As a result, NASA has created a graduated standard for maximum radiation exposure for astronauts, dependant on...seems clear that, even using a shovel and the most stringent standards, it should be possible to build sufficiently shielded habitats on the...
