March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
... used as a model in other states or regions in the future. That being said, there are aspects that could be further ...success of private stakeholders in space activities. Overall, the future demands a robust space economy that can flourish and ...
October 2018
Sustainable ways of living on the Moon and Mars
...fourth, focusing on regolith construction to provide radiation shielding and physical protection. Land, regulation and contamination Key future issues will be establishing the ‘ownership’ both of lunar areas and Mars and the consequences for resource...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
...collaboration coming together to build upon science and technology used on Earth and in LEO on the ISS Orion future exploration mission. James In 2006, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) issued a report: ‘Information...
November 2018
Being human in space
... - just as we try to simulate the Moon and Mars - could be productive in helping develop a virtual sensory environment for future long distance space travellers. Astronauts and isolation experiment participants frequently report what they miss and...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... space. More satellites will be launched, and this will inevitably lead to more debris. In order to mitigate potential future debris, we propose that all satellites in mid- to high-LEO be pre-engineered with a lightweight docking plate to facilitate...
May 2019
A matter of perspective
... have no overview, no meta-perspective. In 2011 when I first began my ‘outer space’ series, I realised that in the near future we would be seeing the start of a period of enormous advances in the space industry. And in the meantime, the privatisation...
