October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
...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...
February 2019
Reflections on the future human condition
... 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...
April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
... 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...
July 2019
Lessons from our first race to the Moon
... 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...
