October 2021
Congested, contested... under-regulated and unplanned
... challenge US supremacy in space. It is true that the military threats to space have indeed increased as India, Russia, and China have all tested ASAT systems over this period. However, since 2010 it has become increasingly apparent...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
... technical challenges. Since the end of the 1960s, the United States and, subsequently, other countries such as China and Japan, have been interested in harnessing solar energy in outer space and transmitting it efficiently to Earth. According...
October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
... the Moon and Mars. Meanwhile, national governments across the world continue to explore outer space, as demonstrated by China’s lunar sample return mission in May 2024. This article links NewSpace and the Moon by introducing a concept...
27 September 2021
Early findings from Chang'e 5 samples shows a mix of "exotic" materials
... the sample also contains a portion of fragments that have distinctly different, 'exotic' chemical compositions. On 16 December 2020, China’s robotic Chang'e-5 mission, became the first mission in nearly 50 years to head to the Moon, grab samples and...
