by Gordon Roesler | Apr 18, 2019 | News
Japan was an early leader in space robotics. Their ETS-VII mission in 1997 demonstrated the ability of robots on orbit to perform several useful tasks (see the Library for more information on ETS-VII). Now Japan is studying how to use autonomous robots to prepare a...
by Gordon Roesler | Apr 16, 2019 | News
Last week did not bring us a single earth-shattering event. But there were so many technical accomplishments that manifested: Stratolaunch’s air launch vehicle, the world’s largest airplane, made its maiden flight Israel’s Beresheet probe entered...
by Gordon Roesler | Apr 16, 2019 | Blog
The following op-ed was published online in Aviation Week and Space Technology today and is reprinted here with permission. Opinion: Unlocking Economic Value In Earth Orbit Gordon Roesler and Mark Mykityshyn The transition from government-led to private-sector-led...
by Gordon Roesler | Mar 27, 2019 | Blog
After yesterday’s direction by Vice President Pence to NASA to get Americans back onto the surface of the Moon by 2024, one can find the following reactions: “There’s not enough budget” “I’ve heard this kind of pronouncement too often in the past” “There’s no way they...
by Gordon Roesler | Mar 19, 2019 | News
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine recently testified before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. Here was his testimony:...
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