Specialist Discussion Videos

Detour to the Moon: How lunar resources can save up to 68% of launch mass to Mars

RAS Specialist Discussion, 8th April 2016 by Olivier de Weck (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Using ice for planetary surface propulsion: a strategic technology to initiate space industry

RAS Specialist Discussion, 8th April 2016 by Phil Metzger (University of Central Florida)

Accelerating space science and exploration in partnership with commercial resource utilization

RAS Specialist Discussion, 8th April 2016 by Jim Keravala (Shackleton Energy)

Lunar resources: exploration enabling science

RAS Specialist Discussion, 8th April 2016 by James Carpenter (European Space Agency)

PROSPECT: ESA's lunar resource prospecting tool as a precursor to lunar science and exploration

RAS Specialist Discussion, 8th April 2016 by Simeon Barber (Open University)

Microwave processing of lunar soil for supporting longer-term exploration missions on the Moon

RAS Specialist Discussion, 8th April 2016 by Vibha Srivastava (Open University)

Asteroid mining: what's in it for planetary science

RAS Specialist Discussion, 8th April 2016 by Manuel Grande (Aberystwyth University)

Searching for water in asteroids

RAS Specialist Discussion, 8th April 2016 by Colin Snodgrass (Open University)

Near Earth asteroid capture dynamics, material sorting and utilisation for large on-orbit reflectors

RAS Specialist Discussion, 8th April 2016 by Colin McInnes (Glasgow University)

The long-term scientific benefits of space infrastructure

RAS Specialist Discussion, 8th April 2016 by Professor Ian Crawford (Birkbeck College London)