June 2020
Titan’s evolving atmosphere
.... Such variations may be indicative of cryovolcanism (ice volcanoes erupting water and other liquid- or vapour-phase volatiles). This is a process that would account for introducing methane into Titan’s atmosphere and keeping it replenished. The...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... renewal rates for imaging satellites come in somewhere above one percent. However, space insurance suffers from volatility because a single large claim can cancel out a whole year’s profit for the industry; and reductions...
March 2022
What space taught me about water
... organic and inorganic impurities; and finally, (3) a ‘catalytic oxidation reactor’ kills bacteria and viruses and removes volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This conversion of urine to clean drinking water might sound disgusting, but the water...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... Space developments The pipeline for space Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) remains active in spite of market volatility, in particular for communications and climate. Going public via SPAC in 2022 will be more challenging for space...
June 2022
Sunshades in space could help alleviate Earth’s climate crisis
... can be transported from the lunar surface to an orbital manufacturing facility, while heavier metals such as iron and volatiles such as water from the lunar poles can be used to support lunar surface infrastructure. To support this level...
October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
... the lunar average due to the Moon’s characteristic Na-depletion. The loss on ignition (LOI), indicating the total volatile content in the rock, is about 1 percent, which is higher than expected for lunar anorthosites, as no liquid water is present...
