July 2019
Science and sensation in microgravity
... be quite close to the cost price. In the French example, the margin is entirely used in the maintenance (50 cycles per flight), amortization of the aircraft (over 20 years), up to 35 percent in contribution to research campaigns and to offset the...
August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
...gravity, dust mitigation, temperature extremes, diurnal cycle, and atmospheric conditions. Checklist of space ... organic materials through different processes. At the end of the cycle, fertiliser for the greenhouses will be produced in order to make...
April 2020
Protecting against the dangers of space radiation
...with age. Embryos are most sensitive because the cell cycle is extremely fast – about eight hours in early embryo-genesis... – whilst in adulthood you have a typical cell cycle of about 24 hours (ICRP, 1990). DNA damage is currently the...
April 2020
Lunar artefact – a time capsule for the future
... for aluminium (and our other material choices) to remain in stasis indefinitely. Gamma rays, light exposure and cycling temperatures may ultimately have some effect on material performance after many tens of thousands of years; however, by our...
July 2020
Trailblazing STEM education
... to how we reignite wonder. How do we break the cycle of disconnect between the sciences and the exciting life and career... answer these questions. STEM 360 How do we break the cycle of disconnect between the sciences and the exciting life and career ...
March 2021
Building SLS - a contractual odyssey
... time, but NASA had never estimated complete life-cycle costs beyond its first test flight. Without the ...” that “does not readily lend itself to classical life cycle definitions”. He added that the usual government reporting requirements should...
