Several current programs aim at sending humans back to the Moon. What would be the purpose, and what are the real prospects?
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The effects of the pandemic and recent engineering concerns with the new and still unflown Space Launch System may delay the Artemis programme.
SpaceX is due to test fly its Starship in the coming days.
Who cares what happens to bootprints on the Moon? All humans should. And thankfully the US Congress and president agree.
India may land on the Moon this coming year, while Nasa will launch its new, powerful rocket farther into space than any other human rated spacecraft.
Over the coming decade, the arrival of constellations of small satellites will reshape the space industry. It constitutes a paradigm shift, particularly in terms of data gathering and processing.
With a new president in the White House and NASA’s chief administrator resigning we can expect changes to space policy.
Humans have been living on the International Space Station for two full decades. So what comes next for this ailing technology, and what does it mean for future International ventures in space?
Radio telescopes are incredibly sensitive to phone network interference.
SpaceX’s launch of astronauts to the International Space Station will make it the first private company to launch humans to space. The effort has ramifications for NASA and spaceflight in general.
From solar sail-powered spacecraft, to laser communications, to asteroid detection systems, there is no shortage of Australian ideas and expertise to help NASA explore the Moon and Mars.
The new era of space exploration is characterized by an emphasis on diversity and international cooperation. But there’s a lot of work to do before there’s gender equality in STEM fields and at NASA.
NASA has made significant steps in making explicit appeals to women to support space exploration, but it might not be doing enough to gather needed political support.
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Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
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Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Air and Space Law, University of Mississippi
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Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame
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Associate Professor of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Director of the Space Economy Evolution Lab, Bocconi University
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Professor of Planetary Science, University of Arizona
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Professor in Earth and Planetary Science, Western University
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Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University
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