August 2016
The promise of space tourism
... of spaceflight If you are alive today, you have a very real opportunity of travelling to space before you die. But whether you personally fly to space or not, private space travel will have a tremendous effect on all our lives. We are entering a new...
26 March 2018
Traveler program gets a boost with NanoRacks
... announcing a partnership with NanoRacks LLC, to focus on the development of the company’s Near Space Traveler program outside of China. The Traveler is a 2.5 metre cabin attached to a giant helium-filled balloon which is around 40 metres in diameter...
21 December 2017
How overpopulation changes the perception of value
...the treatment of human life across the planet could change as space travel becomes more common. It is normal to value what is rare... When once the planet seemed impossibly huge, in the space travel age it will feel small in comparison. This could ...
October 2015
Eating in space: from Michelin-starred chefs to self-sufficiency
... strength, the food consumed plays a crucial role too, mitigating and protecting against many of the effects of space travel. However, a single-minded focus on nutritional value isn’t enough: inconvenient as it may be, food needs to be palatable and...
October 2015
From NEOs to real action: testing asteroid impact scenarios
...for. Just as air travel still poses a degree of apprehension for some people, so space travel may provide emotional and...response. Only by working together will the global space and disaster management communities persuade governments and supra-...
October 2020
Space 2069 - back to the Moon, to Mars and beyond
.... The humans that would go out there would be different. Modified, enhanced, resilient and protected in a way that space travellers had thus far not been. A human voyage to Jupiter and its remarkable moons, to Saturn’s moon Titan...
