December 2014
Before Rosetta: Svetlana Gerasimenko’s story
... not an unusual profession and there was stiff competition to join the faculty. I was a first year PhD student when we made a field trip to Almaty to observe short period comets. Klim Churyumov was the head of the...
March 2015
Small is the new big: why micro-satellites require new laws
..., it represents a fantastic tool for education. The Satellite Applications Catapult is currently using it as a framework to educate students on the new opportunities space is offering2 by making them build a PocketQube satellite over a weekend. The...
March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
... on the market will increase the number of investors interested in space business. PW-Sat, billed as the first Polish student satellite Currently, the most common way for investors to “exit” investing in private space companies is through takeover...
February 2016
Space for Art
... shared with me. My hope is that I will be able to use my art to share in a unique way my spaceflight experience to inspire students, educators, and society’s interest in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Maths) education, and to continue...
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
...Millions of kids might be inspired to pursue science and improve life on Earth as doctors, engineers and inventors. Today’s students don’t view living and working in space or on Mars as science fiction, they see it as the future. SpaceShipOne nestled...
September 2016
Small launcher market survey
... the cost of launch to make space accessible to more people. One space investor succinctly stated, “It only takes 15 students in a lab to make a satellite but so much more effort to launch that satellite. The LV side must become quicker...
