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June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
...satellite was the international scientific project, the International Geophysical Year, peaceful purposes being the published roles of the first Sputnik, Explorer and Vanguard satellites, even though Sputnik used a rocket initially ... 12 Offeq satellites launched from 1988. The European Space Agency (ESA) is a civilian body. Several of its member states though, have military space projects unconnected to ESA, mainly in optical and radar ...
April 2021
Space wars - how they start and how to end them
The world has come a long way since the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was launched in 1957. The entire planet now depends on space for economic, military, diplomatic and civilian uses and it is hard to...miscalculation and/or misperceptions. This all depends on senior leaders’ conceptions and/or fears of the threats posed by space systems to their countries’ national security or even their own political futures and, of course, the perception...
July 2019
Who owns outer space?
... with the smaller of the paired asteroids in order to alter its trajectory. These and other government projects are promoted as having value for scientific knowledge and international security, but many of the technologies developed... an “ideological charter for the Space Age”, having come into force in 1967 amidst the tense atmosphere of the Cold War. According to lawyer and scholar, Carol R Buxton, the launch of Sputnik in 1957 sent “waves of ...
February 2020
Preserving our space heritage
... is because they either re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere long ago and burned up - the fate that befell Sputnik in 1958, for instance - or because they’re still in orbit around the Earth, or sitting on other celestial bodies. ... concept, some candidate exhibits, and most of the technologies we need to make the space museum a reality. Now comes the hardest part of any project: raising the money! But there is cause for optimism. We have interest from...
July 2020
Pandemic in space – are we ready?
... clear-cut obligations and guidelines for states and space operators is essential for the long-term sustainability of space activities Immediately after the launch of Sputnik 1, over six decades ago, scientists and diplomats... met at the UN to discuss not only the regulation of space activities, but also how to...
November 2018
Creating the ‘Space for Art Foundation’
... and act as a reminder that we all live in space on a planet, on our own spaceship. The Postcards to Space project gathered together more than 1000 space-themed postcards from children in hospitals and schools from nine... countries around the world. Postcards to space Inspired by artist Loli Lanas and...
July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
...’s drive for Mars colonisation but there are many other lesser known projects like the UAE’s Mars 2117 project, and the European Space Agency’s Moon village idea. There are new business opportunities, from Luxembourg..., spaceship Earth. Young Pioneers group (4th grade) presenting their Emerging Technology project. To find out more about STEAMSPACE visit www.steam-space.org About the authors Holly Melear, CEO and Founder of STEAMSPACE, has...
July 2021
Designing for life in outer space - The importance of design for long-term space missions
...at the same time looking at the needs of the astronauts. When the results of my first projects that the Italian Space Agency selected, in response to the first call for the Technological Utilisation of the... example, designer Benedetto Quaquaro and I recently led and developed a project commissioned by Thales Alenia Space for a new spaceship. It looked at a recreational space, with more room for astronauts’ entertainment, aimed at emphasising the ...
November 2019
Mexico’s path to space
... education organisations nominate the most outstanding students interested in space science and technology so they can acquire knowledge and skills by developing real space projects at the NASA Ames Research Center in San Jose,...NASA mission to Mars in 2030. R&D funding One of the main concerns of AEM is the funding of space projects in Mexican organisations. For this reason, AEM, together with the National Council of Science and Technology of ...
