April 2017
Mega-challenges for mega-constellations
... Satellite Program 5D series, which were all found to be equipped with a battery charger that made batteries susceptible to explosive rupture. Some 46 satellites get ‘stranded’ in space each year Such a design flaw in a large series of mega...
June 2017
Space economics - industry trends and space investing
... a glut of supply for launch capacity in the near to medium term. In remote sensing, there has been a huge explosion in company formations. Notable startups include Planet, OmniEarth, Audacy, LeoLabs, Spire, Kepler, OneWeb, Astranis and Analytical...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
... the kind of revolutionary leap forward in propulsion that SABRE represents In the space domain, within the current explosion of commercial space launch companies and concepts we see a number of possible applications where SABRE class engines might...
November 2017
Roving the red planet
... Johnson Space Center concluded that the presence of tridymite was evidence of eruptions from volcanoes like Earth’s explosive volcanoes with more silica-rich source magmas. Most of Mars’ volcanoes erupted from more silica-poor...
January 2018
NASA’s space police wield full force of law
... arrived at the restaurant with her husband, a retired employee of the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Upon meeting and exchanging pleasantries with ‘Jeff’, Joann placed the Moon rock and Apollo 11 heat...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
... space missions of Ariane 2, 3 and 4 rockets between 1986 and 2003. In 2011, ELA-2 was brought down by a controlled explosion and dismantled. The metal structure and electronic contents were stripped down, compressed and returned to Europe...
