April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
...of data link. Increasing demand for small satellite constellations requires efficient communication architectures in science missions such as gravity mapping, tracking forest fires, finding water resources or detecting vector diseases on Earth. There...
October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
... discussed in popular accounts of space policy. The Moon is the closest source of material that lies far up Earth’s gravity well. Anything that can be made from lunar material at costs comparable to Earth manufacture has an enormous overall...
May 2020
Mixed reality in the design of space habitats
...problems in unconventional ways. For example, interior environmental features used on Earth may be unsuitable for different gravity environments. De-stressing habitats NASA has officially recognised the “risk of incompatible vehicle or habitat design...
October 2020
Morality, rights and responsibilities in space
As humanity begins to break out into space, the biggest obstacle we must overcome is not gravity or physics. It is ourselves. The outcome of the first Space Race illustrated the truth of this. Using only the ...
January 2022
Revealing the magnetic universe
... on many international spacecraft have been measuring magnetic fields for decades, proving that even in a region where gravity dominates, there are zones where magnetic fields govern the physics. Recent observations show that the...
26 July 2021
Israel’s Helios to ride on ispace lunar lander to make oxygen on the Moon
... allow the company to test out its technology on our nearest celestial neighbour, to see how it performs in a reduced gravity environment.
