September 2023
From the Earth to Mars
... rocket pioneers of the 1920s gathered together in a German beer hall. Otherwise, my book is non-fiction. Okay, a highly opinionated work, but non-fiction nonetheless! In terms of recent writings, Asif A Siddiqi has written the most on the...
May 2024
Prioritising space solutions to accelerate sustainable development
... by half? What role can a country like the UK play in pushing policies that mitigate these kind of risks? In my opinion, satellites have got a direct role to play in, for example, remote container management and in monitoring the chain...
April 2025
Strapped for success - from racetrack to orbit
... quick-release buttons (red). Feedback from astronauts is also of crucial importance and the astronauts’ opinions on the technological solutions has been important in matching the operational requirements to purely technical considerations. For...
13 March 2015
Ceres breakthrough: NASA's Dawn is first probe to visit a dwarf planet
... — not necessarily table salt, but salts of various minerals that may be white in appearance. So we have sort of a dichotomy of opinion in the team as to whether this has a dry or wet explanation. But we'll get to the bottom of this when we can...
