Building a space colony that will protect and sustain a population of hundreds or even thousands of colonists in an environment that is hostile to human life presents huge technological and economic ...
... decades, NASA and others have studied the radiation problem and searched for solutions. Left unchecked, sustained exposure to space radiation will make long-duration manned missions beyond Earth’s ionosphere dangerous and, in some...
... worlds out there, how many there were, what they were like and whether or not they sustained life. Unfortunately, our ability to detect exoplanets lagged a long way behind our ability to imagine them but...
... to conduct photosynthesis could be one of the solutions. Commonly known as algae, these organisms are not only critical to sustaining life on Earth but they could be the key to providing sustenance and breathable air on board future spacecraft...
The key to a sustainable future in space is developing and utilising space resources. Space resources will anchor a robust economy in cislunar space (‘...
... orbit that hosts the majority of our commercial communications satellites. Mark Hempsell explains why he believes the sustainability of our geostationary assets is now at risk. The first of the two geostationary satellites to fragment was AMC...