March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
... The wavelength range will allow detections of all the expected atmospheric gases, including water vapour, carbon dioxide, methane, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulphide, as well as exotic metallic compounds such as titanium monoxide, vanadium...
August 2017
Planning for health, sex and sleep on a future Mars colony
... to monitor and maintain the colony’s internal environmental conditions. The native Martian atmosphere is largely composed of carbon dioxide and it maintains a pressure only one percent of Earth’s; atmospheric systems would therefore need to maintain...
February 2018
Our space future lies in innovation
... that of course, France is leading the way with key programmes to limit the emissions of greenhouse gas, reduce carbon dioxide and monitor methane levels. Our third priority is exploration - because exploration is the essence of space activity. When...
May 2019
The inadequacies and dangers of modern rocket technology
... within industry. It is about the same as seeking a way to prohibit a cow from producing manure, urine, methane and carbon dioxide while still producing its main product - milk. It will not be possible to introduce a veto on the release into...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
...support systems delivered to the ISS for use in the US laboratory module (Destiny) included an open-loop carbon dioxide (CO2) removal assembly, a trace contaminant control assembly, a cabin pressure control assembly, an atmosphere composition monitor...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
... over climate change within the atmosphere, these are not going to be enough to bring down the levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Only by using space can we make a better stab at that as a human society. As time...
