June 2017
How to build a Moon base cheaply
... to mine platinoids and rare metals outside of Earth are looking at asteroids first. There is far less interest in business plans to mine resources on the Moon. At the same time, it takes a week to get to the Moon and back...
May 2018
Space safety – the problem with dual hatting
... warning stating, ‘We are stopped and surrounded by ice’. The reply from the Titanic was, ‘Shut up, shut up, I am busy; I am working Cape Race’. In other words, ‘don’t bother me with that safety stuff’. So why would the radio...
December 2018
Coffee roasting in space
... (ISS) - have become commonplace. Now, at the dawn of the NewSpace era, we are starting to see innovative new business opportunities, such as asteroid mining, debris clean-up and satellite servicing. ROOM managing editor Clive Simpson met...
March 2019
International collaboration spawns scalable CubeSat EO payloads
... km apart in the second half of the 2000s - are proof of the value of networking across the global space business. After making contact at the 2011 International Astronautical Congress (IAC), they discovered a common commercial synergy and...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
... of the word, which is another way of saying that too many satellites can cause congestion. Much like a busy motorway during rush-hour, more satellites mean a higher chance of collisions - but, unlike cars, satellites can...
January 2020
A year of consolidation and expansion
... in that community to create a surplus. The sitting discussed the elements of a banking system, currency (known as the Solar), business activity and the potential for making a profit in Asgardia. These debates were called ‘First Readings’. That...
