October 2017
Can Australia’s space industry overcome years of political setback?
The recent global surge of funding into space-related industries and businesses resulted in a record US$1.8 billion in venture capital investment in 2015 - more ...
November 2017
Radiation protection for space colonists and travellers
... much stronger during high radiation events by redirecting all available ship power to this shield system when a surge of radiation is detected. Some engineers have looked at this type of system and voiced concern about synchroton radiation...
January 2019
Saving humanity – is space up to the job?
... and, with the wise use of space technology, potentially preventable. Innovation from the NewSpace arena is releasing a surge of energy in the space industry. Technological innovations, perhaps now as likely to come out of Silicon Valley or NewSpace...
August 2019
Lessons from the Sun
...CME still-to-arrive, packed an extraordinary punch. Currents coupling the magnetosphere to Earth’s high latitude regions surged, inducing currents in long conductors at Earth’s surface. Power grids extending from northwestern Canada to the US Midwest...
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... re-election in 2018, he was appointed to head Roskosmos. At first sight, this might appear to be a demotion; however, Rogozin brought a surge of energy to the post and has been seen, ever since, visiting cosmodromes and production plants, welcoming...
June 2020
Saving Earth – time for a new cooperative framework
...electrical power reconstruction in North America alone would be $2.7 trillion dollars. In 1859, the famous ‘Carrington event’ created a surge of energy that set fire to telegraph offices and brought the Northern Lights down to the latitudes of Hawaii...
