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Contents
66 Automated or human-operated systems?
Keeping people at the centre of advanced
space technology
Alfio Mantineo
, ESA/ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany
70 How to build a Moon base cheaply
Reducing the spiralling costs associated with building
lunar bases
AlexanderMayboroda
, AVANTA-Consulting, Russia
75 Space economics - industry trends and
space investing
New business models and capital sources are
changing space economics
Dylan Taylor
, Founding Partner,
Space Angels, USA
80 European space business incubators
and accelerators
Review of entrepreneurial space technology
ecosystems around Europe
Mark Boggett
, CEO, Seraphim Space Fund, London
SPACE SCIENCE
84 Bepi-Colombo will unveil Mercury’s secrets
European and Japanese mission will spend four years
at innermost planet
Andrea Ferrero
, Thales Alenia Space, Turin, Italy
88 Hunting for neutrinos
in the ice of Antarctica
Experiment to confirm the sources of ultra-high
energy cosmic rays
Anna Nelles
, University of California, Irvine, USA
OPINION
94 Rapidly evolving space industry needs
faster UN response
Why the international space community should
support UNISPACE+50
Tomas Hrozensky
, Matej Bel University, Banská
Bystrica, Slovakia
98 Could Brexit blow a hole in UK’s space
ambitions?
Possible effects on the long-established cooperation
of the UK and ESA
Mike Leggett
, programme manager and space
lecturer, Milton Keynes, UK
SPACE LOUNGE
102 Science meets history and art
Artists are given a unique opportunity to integrate
their work into a Russian observatory
Ksenia Adamovitch
, Editor
106 Space for art
NASA astronaut Nicole Stott writes for
ROOM
about
the inspiration that comes through the integration of
art and science in her regular column.
Nicole Stott
, astronaut, artist and sci/art advocate
108 ‘Spacescapes’ capture hidden
qualities and nature of space
Space exploration is the epitome of giving permission
to the human imagination
Zoe Squires
, spacescape artist, Hampshire, England
BOOK REVIEWS
110 Book reviews
A regular section for both the space professional and
general audience
Mark Williamson
, Space Technology Consultant,
Cumbria, UK
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