April 2017
Urgent action needed to keep satellites safe in orbit
... two, could it increase its output by a similar factor, or decrease the time needed to get ‘results’ (treaties, guidelines, reports on best practices, etc.)? Probably not, as time between meetings is used by delegations to confer with their Capitals...
September 2017
Measuring space debris risk
... last 10 years (2007-2016). When spacecraft fail, the reason is not always fully known or disclosed, so these reported numbers may be conservative. If we estimate that the true rate for serious debris strike-related anomalies is about...
January 2020
Venture capital investment in space
... cost and, in parallel, will be a real enabler for investment It is easy to assume, particularly with all the press reports, that all of this exciting stuff has already happened, and that the world has already changed...
February 2020
Surviving bacteria in space
... 1000 times the resistance of free cells. For example, pathogens like Pseudomonas and Listeria have been reported to attach and form biofilms on stainless steel, glass and even Teflon. Meanwhile, Salmonella cells that formed...
February 2020
Investigation of the Coriolis effect in rotating space platforms
... showed that the COHAM motion filter had a positive impact on the experienced Coriolis effect (the subjects reported higher comfort, less dizziness and nausea), this is only a passive Coriolis solution. In this configuration, the pilot...
April 2024
The promise of solar energy for sustainable development and space exploration
...-State, Integrated Orbital Phased Array) proposal for space-based solar power. The UK government’s 2021 report, drawn up by consultancy Frazer-Nash, concluded that a 1.7 km-wide CASSIOPeiA satellite in geostationary orbit transmitting solar radiation...
