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...
02 December 2014
MAVEN studies Martian atmosphere
Swinging into Mars orbit on 22 September 2014, NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) mission commenced its study of the Martian atmosphere. It is seeking answers as to why Mars has lost ...
25 January 2016
Permanent N2 icecap at Pluto’s north pole may be responsible for an expanding atmosphere
... heliocentric distance of Pluto varies with its distance from the Sun, so too does the temperature of the volatile ices as a result of the amount of solar radiation that reaches Pluto’s surface. This has a knock-on effect on the...
