ARTICLES
Life Finds A Way: Radiation Eating Fungus on the ISS
By Joshua Bell
Cryptococcus neoformans shows promising results for being used as a form of “Passive Radiation Shielding” which uses multi-layers of multi-materials to shield astronauts from radiation exposure.
Space Pathogens: My Two Cents
By Evan Navori
With the creation of the space force and interstellar travel on the horizon in the near future, we cannot ignore the issue of these space pestilences or pathogens.
Mutually Assured Destruction in Low Earth Orbit
By Harry Thomas
The vicious cycle of orbital destruction described by “Kessler Syndrome” threatens to render low Earth orbit completely useless and encase humanity in a tomb of ever-increasing debris.
Cruise and Musk Bring Hollywood to the ISS
Elon Musk and Tom Cruise plan to film a movie in the International Space Station in a new and unexpected form of commercial space.
Space Force Series: The Starfleet Amendment
By Joshua Bell
Two weeks ago the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act which has been labeled as the “Starfleet Amendment.”
Vocabulary Matters in Space, Too
By Brian Britt
The modern space industry lexicon on both the private and the public side is filled with disturbing vocabulary that evokes colonialist themes and invites hostility into our interactions with extraterrestrial environments and lifeforms.
The Value of Diversity in the Space Industry
By Brian Britt
Our society has systematically oppressed and excluded from positions of power and prestige people of color and minorities. The space industry is no exception.
Advocates for Space Should be Advocates for Justice on Earth
By Dr. Dagomar Degroot
Human expansion into outer space is not only impossible but immoral unless it is accompanied by a concerted push for justice on Earth.
SpaceX's Starship: The Importance of a Good Window
By Harry Thomas
Starship is more like an ocean liner than a traditional NASA “capsule”. With a massive transparent screen and a steel supporting lattice stretching over its 9-meter diameter and across much of the length of its 19-meter nose cone, Starship will give a panoramic view of the worlds it explores.
Open for Business - In Low Earth Orbit
By Will Greene
NASA’s venture to allow commercial activity on the ISS starts with Axiom Space.
Space Force Series: Where are all of the Spaceships?
By Joshua Bell
The problem? The Space Force does not currently have a single spaceship.
A SpaceX Subsidiary: Now or Later?
By Gabo Perez-Alvarez
Gwynne Shotwell, the president of SpaceX, recently told a group of investors that their nascent Starlink program may branch off and become public.