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How have space stations evolved?
Outposts off planet are a sure sign of humanity’s deepening engagement with space. To date, the most significant one has been the International Space Station…
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What is it like being an Earth observation analyst?
Earth observation is an area of the space sector with many applications. Access to regularly updated basic imagery is very useful – how many times…
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How big a deal is space junk and what should we do about it?
Every year, space junk seems to be attracting more attention. As the number of satellites orbiting Earth grows, the chances increase of some of them…
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How does the business of selling Earth observation data work?
There is an ever-increasing number of satellites in orbit around Earth. There are more firms every day that are using satellite-provided Earth observation imagery to…
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What interesting spacecraft missions never happened?
Much fanfare is made about successful spacecraft missions. But what about those spacecraft that were never built? They deserve interest, too. We spoke to Samuel…
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How would ELROI let us know which satellites are which?
Many manmade objects are in orbit around Earth. How do we know which are which? The problem is, we don’t. Not always, anyway. Oftentimes, we…
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How did MESSENGER revolutionize our understanding of Mercury?
Mercury, one of Earth’s rocky neighbors, is one of our Solar System’s most enigmatic planets. It is notoriously difficult to study due to its close…
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How will robotics advance the space economy?
Robots are critical for expanding humanity off-planet. They help not just with exploring distant parts of the universe, but also with advancing our economic activity…
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How will robotic exploration of the universe evolve?
Robotic emissaries explore the universe for us. Whether traveling to our moon, to other planets, or beyond the Solar System, robots are sometimes much more…
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