January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... radar, an ATM station, harbour and a teleport and tracking station! Tell us a bit more about your commitment to sustainability, which features as a headline statement on your stand here at the IAC in Paris. The Portuguese space agenda is essentially...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
... risk of disaster. The use of solar energy could support various international terrestrial initiatives including the 2015 Sustainable Development Goals The use of solar power sources can potentially contribute to, and support the targets of the...
February 2021
Supporting sustainable lunar development
Within the coming decade, organisations – both public and private – from various countries will carry out operations on the Moon. The infrastructure that allows them to do this will be vital and, in this article, Michael Castle-Miller presents the ...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
... every attempt to apply the closed-loop thinking used for space exploration to erect a green building on Earth. Sustainability Base uses integrated data, information and smart systems to “anticipate and react” to changes in sunlight, temperature and...
April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... into the oceans. It should be clear that all these trends are essential, not only to make civilisation sustainable on Earth, but equally to do so on Mars. For on the red planet, exploitation of a natural environment containing a rich biosphere and...
December 2021
All for one and one for all – recommendations for a sustainable future in lunar exploration
... to establish a persistent human presence on the lunar surface. Early discussions have raised the question of whether a sustainable lunar presence is even possible without wholehearted cooperation between, and buy-in from, all of the major economic...
