Perhaps the biggest impact space settlement technology will have on the Earth’s multiple environmental crises is in agriculture. Space habitats will have limited space to produce the food and will need to advance the technology for food production to achieve agriculture self-sufficiency. Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) is the next step in securing the human food Read More

Prof. Johann-Dietrich Wörner -- former Director Generale of European Space Agency, will give a lecture on his vision for civilian space development. Some of the topics he will discuss: 100% reusable launch vehicles -- reducing cost to orbit -- are the 1st milestone in the agenda of Civilian Space Development. Will them be really available Read More

“A greater world is possible!” represents a deep reflection about the state of civilization, some possible futures and the deep moral implications of the great choices that civilization has to make. Very often such choices are driven by the evolution of social and international relationships, rather than by a reasoned and motivated rationale. There is Read More

The Working Group on Space Resources under the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS), presents an opportunity for a legally binding instrument to develop under the auspices of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNOOSA), and do so in a manner favorable to space resource utilization Read More

We are stepping at the gates of a new era in space exploration, one which will finally incorporate the inner solar system to society's daily life and economics. The first step is the Moon, and the asteroids will probably follow. The surface of those bodies presents special challenges for human and technological activities as well Read More