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June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
...into orbit, but which could also carry a weapon. All this has taken place in an increasingly bipolar space world of a Russian and Chinese axis on one side and ‘the rest’ on the other. These developments ...military’ space and ‘civilian’ space, with an all-civilian space agency, NASA. The government and media portrayal of early space was unmistakably ‘peaceful purposes’: see the film The Right Stuff, read the US-published Colliers magazine or Russia...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
...as the publicity accurately describes, “the 50th anniversary of a historical event that captivated the world”. The 1087 specially-designed Lego pieces produce a fairly-detailed collectible replica of the Eagle lunar... 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, has edited three space industry magazines and ...
October 2021
Russia and China – a new space axis
... and other intentions, cooperation projects in train; and whether this really is the division of the space world into a bipolar domain with Russia and China on one side and the United States, Europe and... French experiment on Chang’e 6, for example. It is difficult, at present, to see a way out of this more confrontational bipolar world of space exploration. However, there may be scientific benefits to there being not one, but two lunar bases: one...
July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
...entrepreneurs, explorers and, yes, settlers too, are currently to be found in classrooms around the world. And as our world embraces space science and space exploration on a whole new level, it is imperative that we address the question: “How will... Holly is on the advisory boards for global organisations such as Space Vault, Finsophy, and STEM for Women magazine. She also sits on the Space Economy Task Force in Austin, Texas. Jeff Smith is a ...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... and other industries. Royalties collected would go into an International Space Resource Fund, whose dividends could be distributed, in some form, to all the people of the world. Planetary Resources’ concept for asteroid mining. Another model worthy..., economics, culture and law. She has degrees in law and physics and has written for magazines, radio and broadcast documentaries. She was recently the ‘in-house’ writer and researcher for London-based...
May 2022
Essential guide to the James Webb Space Telescope
...and galaxies to hunting for possible signs of life around nearby worlds. Although we have planned extraordinary science, we cannot imagine the universe the James Webb Space Telescope is about to reveal. WST is not ‘Hubble’s ...but exactly poised for JWST. Another motivation for selecting an infrared space telescope comes from our recent advances in the field of exoplanets; worlds orbiting other stars. With over 5000 known exoplanets, we are...
March 2017
Space for art: Quilting in orbit
... and creative way that artists are presenting the story of space exploration. One of these surprising and recent discoveries is the world of quilting. This is another whole world of fine art that I was completely unaware of but ...more excitement for the art of quilting, but at the same time did a great job opening up the world of space exploration to a group of people who might not otherwise have been interested. As a result, generating excitement ...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
...humanities A good starting point would be to reactivate the Working Group on the Ethics of Outer Space, set up by the UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST). Its last report was back ...discussion among the vital young base of our sector. Bodies such as the European Space Policy Institute or the Secure World Foundation could increasingly - and more frankly - concern themselves with issues related to ...
September 2023
The Institute of Biomedical Problems - Sixty years of contributing to the development of space biomedicine
... ‘A Year in an Earth Starship’ was performed at IBMP. For the first time in world practice, the possibility of ensuring long-term human life activity in a confined space of limited size under conditions of atmospheric regeneration and reproduction of water and...
