Aiming high: The UK’s Space Strategy is a map to the stars Opinion The UK’s Space Strategy is a map to the stars, published at a time when geopolitical tensions on Earth are increasingly shaping the space sector at a global level, says Rachael O’Grady The UK’s Space Strategy, released this month, recognises that space-derived technologies, and the way we use them, have entirely transformed over the last [...]
We reached Mars 50 years ago, why haven’t we sent people? Opinion Viking 1 landed on Mars 50 years ago, so why haven’t we sent people there? Because there are no property rights in space, says Rainer Zitelmann Today marks the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest achievements in the history of space exploration. On July 20, 1976, NASA’s Viking 1 became the first spacecraft to [...]