...provide information “promptly”. Given the enormous technological progress since the 1970s and the absence of Cold War antagonisms, “as soon as practicable” can be inferred as “promptly”. At present the delay in registering satellites generally stands...
...that narrative of space exploration. As a technology enthusiast, I am delighted – except, of course, for the seemingly inevitable space war. The progress we are making is beyond all hope. Part of me, however, is concerned by the wasteful rush towards...
... an “endless frontier”, to employ the expression used by Vannevar Bush, mastermind of US scientific research during the Second World War, to describe science in a report prepared for President Roosevelt in 1945. But how far is the human being himself...
... laid out his plans for a new ‘Space Force’ branch of the US armed services, he declared that “Space is a war-fighting arena, just like the land, air and sea”. China has carried on with its own...
... use of liquid oxygen along with refined kerosene, similar to the fuel mix of the German V2 rockets in World War 2. Oxygen has to be cooled to below -219C (-361F) to liquify it, which meant that it was not a good propellant for...
... for the Space Age”, having come into force in 1967 amidst the tense atmosphere of the Cold War. According to lawyer and scholar, Carol R Buxton, the launch of Sputnik in 1957 sent “waves of alarm through the...