Could space junk prevent future space exploration?

Could space junk prevent future space exploration?

By Laura Pirovano There’s too much junk in space and a real need to know where it is moving, to protect important spacecraft and satellites, writes Laura Pirovano. Space – vast and almost empty. This has always been our view and it has hardly changed even with...
How can we clean up space?

How can we clean up space?

By Gilbert Wong Space might be the final frontier, but, like all frontiers it’s strewn with junk. Luckily, Professor Guglielmo Aglietti, director of the Auckland Space Institute has a plan. Three giant monitors line the front of the Mission Operations Control Centre...
Why aren’t there electric airplanes yet?

Why aren’t there electric airplanes yet?

By Venkat Viswanathan, Shanshank Sripad & William Leif Fredericks As electric cars and trucks appear increasingly on highways, it raises the question: When will commercially viable electric vehicles take to the skies? As electric cars and trucks appear...