Editor, Author at Filling Space

It’s a job that many space enthusiasts would love: being a space journalist. It allows one to cover exploration of the cosmos and also fulfill…

Society

How does one address gender inequality in the space industry?

Editor May 17, 2019 diversity gender mary jackson space STEM SWISE women

If there’s any demographic that seems to dominate the space industry, it’s straight white males. But hopefully that is changing. Many organizations and individuals are…

Machine

Floating in the Atmosphere: Sailplanes on Mars

Editor May 10, 2019 gravity Mars Robotics Sailplane space flight

Exploring Mars is tough. Robotic emissaries have been crawling over the planet’s surface for years, but they move slowly. Flying may be the next stage…

Machine

Eyes in the Sky: Distributed and Autonomous Earth Observation

Editor May 3, 2019 aerospace architecture autonomous Daniel Selva earth engineering ESA NASA satellite

Perhaps the most important result of human space exploration is that it has caused us to better appreciate our own planet. But despite massive progress…

Sustaining Place

Smart Cities: Double-Edged Swords

Editor April 26, 2019 Artificial Intelligence Big Data Machine Learning Population Privatization Smart Cities Smart City Sustainability Urbanization

We asked smart city experts the following question: “What do smart cities teach us about sustainability?” Though the experts agreed that smart cities can make…

Society

Space Headhunting: Recruiting for the Industry

Editor April 26, 2019 headhunting human resources jobs Patrick Andrews recruitment space jobs Start Ups

As the private sector takes more of a lead in getting humans off planet, more jobs are becoming available. New technologies are creating niches and…

Worlds

Deflecting Existential Risk with Space Colonization

Editor April 19, 2019 Alvarez asteroid asteroid catastrophy colony extinction Gonzalo Munevar interstellar Oort Cloud risks space

The first living organism on Earth emerged approximately three and a half billion years ago. Since then, life has evolved into countless forms and colonized…

Worlds

How to Settle the Solar System

Editor April 11, 2019 Carl L. DeVito Mars Mathemathics moon Settlement solar system University of Arizona

Space is marvelous but hostile. If humans intend to be spacefaring, we must identify and overcome major obstacles before colonizing our solar system. Some think…