June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
... Earth’s poles, create the perfect condition for high-speed collisions. Satellite servicing includes several operations: transportation, life extension, phasing, repair and maintenance and disposal Consider the following fictitious scenario. The mass...
October 2023
Space architecture on Earth
...in which to install a waiting rocket; a site transport system (rail or land); access transport (air, sea or rail); fuel tanks; fuelling ...of the architecture of launch sites has been the transport system and the multiple combinations of sea, land,...
28 September 2016
Musk unveils ambitious plans for Mars
... also on Mars after landing there. He explained that to achieve the target US$200,000 price the entire transportation system has to be reusable. He suggested Mars could eventually have a colony of a million people which would make it self...
16 January 2018
MP highlights ROOM article during Parliamentary debate
...during his tenure as Minister of State in the Department of Transport until returning to the back benches during Theresa May’s New... MP held the role until he was moved to the Transport department in the New Year cabinet reshuffle. A spokesman for...
