May 2020
Protecting areas of scientific importance on the Moon
... that there is little evidence of exposed ice here that could be mined for conversion to rocket propellant or drinking water for space colonisation. Helium-3 - produced by the impact of solar wind on the lunar surface - is a potentially valuable...
February 2021
Satellites are key to unlocking a better-connected world
... in contemporary living, our infrastructure, processes and culture, that it is considered just as vital as electricity and running water. And yet, almost half of the world’s population lacks access to the internet entirely, particularly in emerging...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... for humanity at large, as researchers, academics and entrepreneurs consider applications of space for addressing global issues like water scarcity, climate change and poverty, to name just three. At the same time, the renewal of great-power...
February 2022
A manifesto for Europe in space
... Atlantic to discover new lands and later to send the first radio signals across that same body of water. It drove Europeans to discover the antibiotic penicillin and save millions of lives; to discover the theory of general relativity...
