September 2023
Space sustainability and the global commons
... Portuguese Space Agency in Lisbon, Portugal, in May 2023. About the author Professor Dr Kai-Uwe Schrogl is the Special Advisor for Political Affairs at the European Space Agency (ESA) and the President of the International Institute...
March 2015
ARTES and the world of satcoms
Satellite communications are the mainstay of the space industry: more than half of the space business involves building and launching communication satellites. Satcoms services and applications are the largest space sector and are a major driver of ...
June 2015
FanWing: short take-off capability creates a new way to fly
In the year 2000, writer, scientist and prophet, Sir Arthur C. Clarke sent a fax to an unknown inventor who had created an odd and innovative aircraft wing. Clarke complimented the inventor, Pat Peebles, and included a quotation from Clarke’s own ‘...
October 2015
From post-humanity to fractals: is human space exploration doomed?
Humanity’s desire to go into space is dictated by evolution. Far from being strange or aberrant, it is the natural next step for our species. Yet our cosmic expansion is bound to run up against barriers, which could include the rise of a new, post-...
March 2016
Gravitational waves provide new window on the universe
On 11 February 2016 a team of scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) formally announced the landmark discovery of ...
March 2016
Exploration and cooperation at the heart of European space vision
Jan Woerner is no stranger to the international space scene. Between March 2007 and June 2015 he served as Chairman of the Executive Board of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). And, before joining as ESA Director General last summer, he headed up ...
