In recent years, we’ve speculated about the commercial benefits in space, space travel and associated opportunities. This ripping article by Dr Nisa Salim, the Vice Chancellor’s Initiative Research Fellow at Swinburne University of Technology on the challenges of developing novel space materials, argues that while material fabrication and development, as well as novel engineering approaches are making significant progress, there remain many challenges on the path to interplanetary exploration by humanity to the Moon and Mars. Click through for this article is worth a read.
