March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
... Sintering (SLS), stereo-lithography (also used on ceramics) or Fused Deposition Modelling (FDM). Today, AM is a standard manufacturing process in a significant number of industrial applications and high potential is anticipated (and in many cases...
November 2016
Emergency dental treatment on way to Mars
...primary goal is prevention, yet even with the highest standards, the potential for a dental emergency in space still...for future long-term exploration missions. Based on the latest standard procedures employed on Earth for a specific dental problem, an...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... government will consider introducing a form of contract that does not require interim products and that relaxes standards of reliability. It may also introduce new forms of fixed price contracts as opposed to traditional cost plus contracts. These...
November 2018
How many people does it take to colonise an exoplanet?
... the ship. The spacecraft would then be populated with smaller ‘families’, albeit unconventional ones by modern Western standards, and the population would have an age-sex distribution designed to maximise the number of potentially reproductive crew...
August 2021
Robotic systems for psychological support
... ways these ‘social robots’ can be used to help people The International Space Station (ISS) is currently using standard types of psychological support for astronauts: audio and video communication with relatives via satellite Internet; the...
May 2017
Will international space law struggle to remain relevant?
One of the characteristics associated with the rapid development of space technology is that comprehensive standards of regulation cannot easily be specified in advance. Simply put, if we do not fully understand the technology - and the risks ...
