October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
... happen? How did the lack of space development, specifically the failure to build a cislunar infrastructure (as first envisioned by Werner von Braun and later elaborated on by Gerard K. O’Neill), help restrict technological innovation to only a few...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... it will require a resource mining capability to augment supplies brought to space from Earth. Forms of self-replicating machines, as envisioned by Eric Drexler and Richard Feynman, would vastly accelerate the deep space capability. These wouldn...
April 2018
Developing Mars
.... Equipment runs semi-autonomously under telerobotic control of crews housed in comfort at Omaha Crater. The envisioned telerobotic mining operation is based on telerobotic mining technology under development today. Greenhouses - general store...
September 2018
Debris or not debris - is that the question?
... Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC) does little to inspire confidence in this regard - lest we underappreciate that the envisioned guideline(s) with respect to Active Debris Removal (ADR) are among the most contentious and heavily debated...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
...space station would provide such a facility, but smaller orbiting facilities specifically for robotic development could be envisioned as well. Artist’s rendering of satellite refuelling using RSGS. More and more investors are being attracted to space...
March 2019
International collaboration spawns scalable CubeSat EO payloads
... a quick and thorough understanding of the interface before bringing their work together in a working design. Both companies envision this collaboration as the cornerstone of a common roadmap with the goal to develop low-cost Earth observation...
