Arianespace continued Ariane 5’s track record of success with another heavy-lift mission performed today from the Spaceport in French Guiana, which orbited a pair of telecommunications satellites for Latin America: Intelsat 30, which is hosting the DLA-1 payload; and ARSAT-1. Both spacecraft were deployed into geostationary transfer orbits following their ascent from the Spaceport’s ELA-3 launch zone. (10/16)
Designing Tomorrow's Air Traffic Control Systems (Source: Phys.org)
On a good day, flying can be a comfortable and efficient way to travel. But all too often, weather or overcbooking can cause delays that ripple through the system, inducing missed flights, anxiety, discomfort and lots of lost time and money. Things had gotten so out of whack that in 2003, Congress enacted a law designed to bring online a Next Generation—or NextGen—air traffic control system by January 2020.
The Department of Transportation would require the majority of aircraft operating within U.S. airspace to be equipped with new technology to track and coordinate aircraft and would institute many other programs to improve air travel. Click here. (10/15)
Space Coast Candidates Answer Space Policy Questions (Source: FSDC)
The Florida Space Development Council has posted answers to five space policy questions posed to the candidates competing to represent Florida's 8th District, which includes the Space Coast. Incumbent Republican Bill Posey and the Democratic nominee Gabriel Rothblatt both provided thoughtful answers on topics that are of increasing concern to Space Coast voters. Click here. (10/16)
To Boldly Go -- How A British Business School Would Change NASA (Source: Forbes)
NASA’s biggest problem is well-known. It was the first international space operation to get a man on the moon. Its critics say it has not done enough since to maintain that supremacy and now it faces competition abroad from China and at home from the likes of Elon Musk’s space company Space X.
Stating that NASA has not made valuable contributions to modern life would be like that scene in Monty Python’s Life of Brian when dissident from the People’s Front of Judea complains: “What have the Romans ever done for us?”
In healthcare alone, a recent paper by Loizos Heracleous, professor of strategy and organisation at Britain’s Warwick Business School, in the journal Space Policy lists technologies developed or advanced by NASA from laser angioplasty, cardio and body imaging, gait analysis and ocular screening to food preservation and safety, UV-blocking lenses, scratch resistant lens coatings and X-ray imaging. Click here. (10/15)
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