01 October 2019
The Moon: A History for the Future
It’s great – and it’s important - to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first steps of men from planet Earth on the surface of another planetary body…but even the geekiest space nut can choke on a banquet of technical overviews and historical ...
04 May 2020
NASA commits to future Artemis missions with more SLS rocket engines
... flights. “This contract allows NASA to work with Aerojet Rocketdyne to build the rocket engines needed for future missions,” said John Honeycutt, the SLS program manager at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama...
16 April 2024
The End Of Astronauts Why Robots are the Future of Exploration
You know from the start that this is one of those ‘does what it says on the tin’ books. The title suggests astronauts are surplus to requirements; the subtitle substitutes robotic explorers; and most spacers know the UK Astronomer Royal’s views on ...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... well to consider Ray Kurzweil and his prediction about the coming ‘Singularity’ or those of Peter Diamandis in forecasting a future that is increasingly based on an extra-terrestrial and space-based economy. The value of platinum-rich asteroids have...
March 2016
Exploration and cooperation at the heart of European space vision
... an infrastructure which will be continuously developed. At the same time the inspiration of exploration is of utmost importance to secure the future through motivated people.” Asked whether the space industry has become too risk averse when defining...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
...properties of the terrain [4]. Current rover designs are not suited for accomplishing many of the goals envisaged in future exploration missions [5]. Aspects such as the uneven distribution of torques between the wheels, the maximum operational speed...
