December 2014
From the green economy to green space
..., 90 per cent is fuel (often it’s a highly toxic unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine – heptyl – left over from the Cold War), and the other seven to nine per cent is construction fragments that after start and separation fly...
March 2015
Dawn of ion propulsion
..., but despite some scientific and engineering work, it resided principally in the fictional universes of Star Trek, Star Wars, and other fanciful stories. NASA’s Deep Space 1 (DS1) mission, which tested ion propulsion and other...
June 2015
Re-usable rockets: a new breakthrough for suborbital research
... ago, suborbital research was limited to occasional, expensive rocket and balloon launches, largely using expensive Cold War technologies. Today, thanks to dedicated efforts by next generation reusable suborbital rocket firms like Virgin Galactic...
June 2015
Preventing pilot spatial disorientation
... side of him, reaching far above his current altitude. He considers this the most dangerous flight of the war for him. Imagine coming back night after night with bullet holes in his fighter and then...
October 2015
From post-humanity to fractals: is human space exploration doomed?
.... From today’s standpoint, what would have been the best course of action for the Native Americans? War? Cooperation? Quick integration into a foreign civilisation? The issue with post-humanity also has to do with the...
February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... it boasts other impressive credentials too. It was once a dispersal airfield for Vulcan bombers during the Cold War and is near an active Danger Area (D201) operated and managed by Defence and Space Company QinetiQ. From...
