July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
... primary driver for reducing unnecessary spares is reducing the uncertainty about the reliability of the components. Adopting a sustained, long-duration test campaign will reduce this uncertainty. Due to the expense of space qualified parts and...
April 2020
Evolutionary lessons for an interplanetary future
...do what we can to keep people alive and healthy? The ethics of having children on Mars is particularly challenging. A self-sustaining colony would necessarily require human reproduction, but life in a Martian colony will come with significant hazards...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
... spaceflight. Nutrition The nutritional balance of food supplied for space missions must be perfectly adapted for a crew to sustain a long journey in good health The nutritional balance of food supplied for space missions must be perfectly adapted...
24 September 2019
New global Space Safety Coalition established
... agree to promote and strive to implement the SSC's set of aspirational best practices for the long-term sustainability of space operations. The SSC will evolve and maintain these best practices, which generally are applicable...
November 2016
Microgravity and space research: Bringing the commercial market into focus
... desire to push for further exploration - but agencies have not followed the path of commercialisation yet. To keep a sustainable access to LEO for research and development in Europe beyond the ISS, it will be important to actively support the...
April 2018
Developing Mars
...when sunlight is feeble and solar panels would struggle to sustain demanding industries such as propellant plants. To meet the need...represents a robust operating reserve, with energy to sustain activity continuously. The operating reserve could be ...
