August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
... going to prove much more challenging and difficult than technical issues. During last October’s International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Jerusalem, ESA Director General Johann-Dietrich Worner was quoted as saying he wants China to give up its...
August 2016
Fireflies and saucers
... have said anything. A request from a member of Congress is a serious matter and NASA was forced to start...Cupola of the ISS in April 2011. A request from a member of Congress is a serious matter and NASA was forced to start an official investigation...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
... accommodation bookings are available via: www.facebook.com/eldohotel. As it will be school holiday time when the congress takes place, advance bookings are recommended at Woomera, as it is a popular stopover for people travelling to and from the...
November 2018
Monitoring illegal rainforest deforestation
... in time to intervene and avoid the worst According to a report released in 2012 by the Congressional Budget Office of the US Congress, the vast amount of carbon stored in forests worldwide indicates their important role in climate change. The trees...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
...put it in his 2016 talk at the 67th International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico: “I really think there are two fundamental... of human space settlements.” The bill was introduced in Congress but was not enacted. The subject will not fade...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... telescope survey mission is necessary in order to reliably obtain many of these characteristics in the timely manner required by Congress. Currently, NASA’s NEOWISE mission (repurposed after the WISE astrophysics mission ended) is the only infrared...
