Living in Space: Radiation
As we push toward a space settlement future, some of the earliest safety questions will regard deadly radiation. How will people live safely in space... Read more →
Modern Dreams About the Sky and the Earth
Fig. 1 The three-storey space hotel by Sergey Makarov For various reasons, it is not just science fiction writers and dreamers: scientists around... Read more →
Cassini-Huygens: Preventing Biological Contamination
In 2017 a spacecraft will plunge through the rings of Saturn and burn up in a fiery denouement in the atmosphere of the gas giant. The probe will... Read more →
The Shuttle Launch Pad Aborts
Close-up view of Discovery’s three main engines—still exhibiting evidence of scorching from their momentary ignition on 26 June 1984—in the... Read more →
Review: Marketing the Moon
By Jason Rhian Image Credit: MIT Press Details of man’s first foray to another world have been told repeatedly, to the point where they... Read more →
“Doctor, Doctor, Can I Go?” Medical Rules, Standards, and Guidelines for Suborbital Space
This article continues our series Cross-Talk: Space Law in Down-to-Earth English. For prior articles in this series, click here. Companies... Read more →