August 2020
Revisiting the Drake Equation - a cultural addendum
Known as the father of SETI science, radio astronomer Frank Drake created the Drake Equation to stimulate dialogue about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Here, space anthropologist and author Savannah Mandel asks if it is time to look ...
October 2020
Is NASA’s Artemis Accords agreement Moon-proof?
The ‘Artemis Accords’ - a series of principles and processes whereby NASA and space agencies from other countries can agree a common set of principles covering how the Moon is to be explored and its resources utilised - was revealed in May 2020. ...
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 technology of the time we were able to ...
March 2021
Eyes on the prize
The UK’s stated goal is to increase its share of the global space market to 10 percent by 2030, equating to an annual value of around £40 billion but, considering how many countries are competing for slices of a very lucrative pie, that is an ...
March 2021
iPhone moment for the Earth observation industry
Like the app revolution enabled by the iPhone, data from space can enable a revolution of applications to help us build a sustainable future, to understand our planet and make better business decisions. The author argues that the ‘iPhone moment’ for...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
Warnings that the world needed to prepare itself for a global pandemic were largely ignored prior to COVID-19. In the same way potential threats from space weather to an increasingly technology-dependent world are still only paid cursory attention, ...
