ROOM: The Space magazine is one of the major magazines on space exploration, technology and industry. At ROOM, we share a common goal – promotion of peaceful space exploration for the benefit of humankind, all while bringing you detailed articles on a variety of contemporary topics. Our authors include analysts and industry leaders from all over the world, which lets us bring you the newest and accurate information about sputnik the space race.
May 2022
Redefining the space professional – disruptions in the space sector workforce
... fortunate children to become future space professionals. Despite the constancy of the need to provide a skilled workforce, the space industry has encountered a number of major disruptions. Disruption 1: remote working Despite the constancy of the need to provide a skilled workforce, the space industry has encountered a number...
February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
... by motion of 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 the payloads. The payload never requires the high kinetic...
February 2020
Visions of spaceflight before the Space Age
...War tension between the United States and the USSR led to the space race. Space was the new field of competition in a battle of ideologies. The initial venue for this competition was the International Geophysical ... speculative nonfiction on human spaceflight published since the early 1900s. After the launch of Sputnik, the number of books about spaceflight increased significantly as people around the world sought information on efforts to explore ...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
... out there to sell down here? What would the magic formula be that would create the income and tools we needed to grow an economy in space? How could we start a new space race that would eventually create both enough demand and...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
..., with South Korea, Japan, India and UAE all planning missions to the Moon this year. The new Space Race is expanding beyond competition between the US and China to include Russia and Europe. During a recent conference, European leaders declared...
January 2019
Industry 4.0 will revolutionise the space market
...this article, the authors highlight the relative immaturity of the space industry in the field and argue for the adoption of Industry 4.0 standards. Despite the momentum of NewSpace alongside other rapid changes in the space industry, some...to be wary of new approaches. As a result, the business layer of the space market is still very immature. Technologically, the introduction of Industry 4.0 into the space sector is not that far away, but it must...
August 2020
Opportunities for young people in the space sector
... exciting and rewarding career in the space sector. At the birth of the Space Age, the USSR and the United States were the only nations involved, with funding largely provided by the government and with a small number...as well as our aspirations to explore the universe. Space in the classroom Opportunities that demonstrate attainability, by highlighting the variety of careers paths available in the space sector, are incredibly important Today there...
September 2016
Transforming US space policy
When most people think of space, they think of the space race 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...
June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
... is to finance a proof of concept. Every initiative that requires huge investments in basic research and development, like the Space Race of the 1950s or the high-energy physics of today, requires a massive upfront investment that can only be covered by governments. Without public...
