May 2024
Spaceflight revolution on a shoestring
...to have greater passenger appeal than the alternatives. SpaceX Starship launching on its second test flight from the company’s...The new launcher would complement heavy-lift vehicles like Starship, which would be used for launching the orbital platforms...
19 April 2021
NASA picks SpaceX Human Lunar Lander for its Artemis programme
... Moon’s surface once again, this time to explore new areas for longer periods of time.” SpaceX’s HLS Starship, designed to land on the Moon, leans on the company’s tested Raptor engines and flight heritage of the Falcon...
November 2018
How many people does it take to colonise an exoplanet?
... as the Icarus Interstellar mission or the 100-year Starship project) have recently started to consider these ‘world ...discussion of the ethics of what this would require. Managing a starship It isn’t the size of the population that’s the limiting ...
November 2018
Being human in space
... of stress and anxiety. Exploration comes with the cost of braveness and insatiable curiosity. Asteroid starship The TU Delft Starship Team (DSTART) in the Netherlands is bringing together a wide variety of disciplines to perform advanced concepts...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... the Moon, is already undergoing hop-tests in Texas. Starship, as it’s known, is partially bankrolled by visionary Japanese billionaire... to transform global commerce with Amazon. The SpaceX Starship test article mid-flight during its August 2019 hop...
January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
... and thus maximise our learning. Artist's impression of a SpaceX Starship - a fully reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew ... for a heavy lift launch vehicle and SpaceX has a Starship ready for flight in 2022 as well on an orbital ...
