ROOM: The Space Journal is one of the major magazines on space exploration, technology and industry. At ROOM, we share a common objective – promotion of peaceful space exploration for the benefit of humankind, all while bringing you comprehensive articles on a plethora of trending topics. Our authors include academics and industry leaders from all over the world, which lets us bring you the newest and detailed information about journal space engineering.
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... the company will face competition, as several others, including Deep Space Industries (now Bradford Space), Kepler Energy & Space Engineering and the UK-based Asteroid Mining Corporation have expressed similar intentions to...of ‘the mankind provisions’ has thus reached an impasse and, according to former Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Space Law, Prof Joanne Gabrynowitz, it is “now primarily a political problem and... therefore, only subject to ...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
...recovery’ after the occurrence of an event The awareness of the space weather hazard strongly depends on the industrial sector concerned and, historically, space engineers have been more aware of the risks. The hazard’s direct impact... is associated with incoming charged particles, while its indirect impact is correlated to the fact that space weather can ...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
... a Commissioning Editor for ROOM Space Journal. He has 40 years of experience as a satellite communications engineer and consultant to the space industry, space insurance and space education sectors. He is the author of six books, including The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology and Space: The Fragile Frontier...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... the local vicar asked what I did for a living. When I proudly replied that I was a Space Engineer he simply assumed I moved office furniture! Perhaps I should have said Rocket Scientist! Meteosat Second Generation (...2018 he became the UKSA’s Chief Scientist. He retired in 2020 and continues to advocate on Space and Astronomy matters. He is a visiting Professor with the University of Leicester and a member of ROOM Space Journal’s Editorial Board.
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
... and foremost to deal with survival and difficult technical issues, the space industry is dominated by scientists, coming mainly from medicine, and engineers, who seem not to understand the importance of design in increasing ...She has chaired international symposia and workshops on design for outer space and has written books and published numerous papers in scientific journals. She has been the recipient of several prestigious awards, including ...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... environment, and remote sensing law & regulation. He has been a contributor to several aviation and space law focused journals, is a member of the International Institute of Space Law, is the Chair of the Legal Technical Committee with the American Institute of Aeronautics...
January 2023
Original Sin - Power, Technology and War in Outer Space
... technology export controls which tore up a prior Soviet-Indian rocket engine sales agreement. Civilian and military space agencies often cooperate on major projects and activities and personnel move...outer space, and the author of War in Space: Strategy, Spacepower, Geopolitics and several papers on space policy in a variety of academic journals. Dr Bowen frequently appears in media items on space policy and advises practitioners on space security...
May 2022
Essential guide to the James Webb Space Telescope
... European, and Canadian Space Agencies (NASA, ESA, and CSA), the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is close to starting its mission to revolutionise our understanding of the cosmos. An engineering marvel, its daring and...18 smaller segments - hexagonal, as this shape has a high filling factor, allowing engineers to get close to the ideal circle with minimal wasted space. Each mirror segment is made of beryllium coated with a thin layer of gold just...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
... her most influential work, The Human Condition. In this article, engineer and author Guerric de Crombrugghe questions the meaning and value of our current space ambitions to humankind and suggests that we need to take time to.... It is a space race without a real end-goal, leading to the unreasonable use of precious resources, from the radio spectrum and orbital slots to raw materials and the time of brilliant young engineers. The perspective for...
