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April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
...and investing in commercialising aged or under-utilised assets. Facilities that once launched NASA’s Apollo and Space Shuttle missions are now launching commercial rockets. The state’s spaceport system is a living example of ...Processing Facilities (OPF) of NASA that were used to turnaround and process the Space Shuttle after landing for subsequent re-flight to space. Space Florida secured a long-term property agreement for the first of these, OPF ...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
...what constraints and challenges will be faced? In this article Martin Lades considers the concept, the existing competition and the outlook for Space Elevator research. The first elevator may be as expensive as the Space Shuttle but its successful... the tether. The sling example just leaves out the gravity force on the Space Elevator. The planet, or other celestial body, with the base-anchor provides the rotation and the orbital kinetic energy for...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... commercial resources and security implications. Christa McAuliffe, the American teacher aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was lost in January 1986, poignantly said: “Space is for everybody. It’s not just for a few people in science or math,... use shallower gravity wells as launch points for missions to places like Mars or other celestial bodies. In the short term, NASA should work with Congress to communicate the required resources and ...
June 2018
Striding through space
...A Nikon camera fixed to the MMU above Bruce McCandless’s right shoulder recorded this rare view of Space Shuttle Challenger some 60 m away. A minor mystery about this photo was the location of fellow spacewalker, Bob...normal flight operations, both eyes looked straight ahead through the ‘plano’ portion of the spectacles.” Shuttle launch Space Shuttle Challenger was launched on mission STS-41B on 3 February 1984 under the command of Vance Brand, ...
February 2022
Revolution and responsibility: the challenges of space
...the Apollo programme, astronauts have learned to live in space, and prepare for future interplanetary expeditions, in the shadow of the Earth. To declare space and celestial bodies as the common heritage of humankind is to recognise... the one that emphasises the responsibility of humanity that explores and will someday exploit space. To declare space and celestial bodies as the common heritage of humankind is to recognise and accept the burden of ...
August 2021
Born to juggle in space
... Space Shuttles leaving the planet, I developed an early appreciation for space exploration. In addition to my love of the cosmos, and perhaps related to my obsession with physics, I have had a lifelong fascination with the ways human bodies ...before my first parabolic flight, I read articles about how people move in weightlessness and the challenges they experience. It seemed that on parabolic flights, when people tried to push themselves from one...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
..., 1983) unmistakeably reflected the US government and media portrayal of early space as ‘peaceful purposes’. The Space Shuttle had its own dedicated west coast military base, Vandenberg Air Force Base...Bart Hendrickx in Belgium, tends to be outgunned by commentaries higher on suspicion and hyperbole. In the most challenging international situation for a generation, there is there is merit in finding ways of de-escalation, especially through ...
February 2019
Building a space museum from scratch
...the visitor centre, known locally as the Canberra Space Centre (CSC). He said, “Yes, do anything you want, as long it doesn’t cost anything.” I accepted the challenge. Channelling Indiana Jones I asked the station Director...of heatshield, materials from a Mercury spacecraft, and several types of thermal protection tiles used in the Space Shuttle programme. For a space-nut like me, it was heaven. The big crate had my heart pounding. It stood nearly ...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
... between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Apollo programme, Space Shuttle launches, the International Space Station; all high profile human exploration programmes carried out by world governments. Many do not realise ...data and services from private industry rather than develop, own, operate and sustain full-up space systems These challenges can be met. We must project military strength in order to deter our adversaries, focus government...
