Space-based architecture — (SBA) is a software architecture pattern for achieving linear scalability of stateful, high performance applications using the tuple space paradigm. It follows many of the principles of Representational State Transfer, Service Oriented… … Wikipedia
Space-based solar power — Left: Part of the solar energy is lost on its way through the atmosphere by the effects of reflection and absorption. Right: Space based solar power systems convert sunlight to microwaves outside the atmosphere, avoiding these losses, and the… … Wikipedia
Space manufacturing — is the production of manufactured goods in an environment outside a planetary atmosphere. Typically this includes conditions of microgravity and hard vacuum.Manufacturing in space has several potential advantages over Earth based industry.# The… … Wikipedia
Space mining — refers to the future practice of mining asteroids, meteoroids, the Moon and planets any astronomical object beyond the orbit of the Earth.The first objects likely to be mined are the near Earth asteroids. Likely initial products include precious… … Wikipedia
Space elevator construction — The construction of a space elevator would be a vast project, requiring advances in engineering, manufacture and physical technology. Overview David Smitherman of NASA has published a paper that identifies Five Key Technologies for Future Space… … Wikipedia
Space tourism — is the recent phenomenon of tourists paying for flights into space pioneered by Russia.As of 2008, orbital space tourism opportunities are limited and expensive, with only the Russian Space Agency providing transport. The price for a flight… … Wikipedia
Space debris — populations seen from outside geosynchronous orbit (GEO). Note the two primary debris fields, the ring of objects in GEO, and the cloud of objects in low earth orbit (LEO) … Wikipedia
Space solar power — Space based solar power (SBSP or SSP) is the conversion of solar energy into power, usable either in space or on earth, from a location in space, usually geosynchronous orbit (GSO). Photovoltaics (PV) would generally be utilized for energy… … Wikipedia
Space law — is an area of the law that encompasses national and international law governing activities in outer space. International lawyers have been unable to agree on a uniform definition of the term outer space, although most lawyers agree that outer… … Wikipedia
Space Jurisdiction — Space jurisdiction, a field addressing what countries can enforce various laws in space, is becoming more important every day as the private sector begins to enter the field of space tourism. According to the Agreement Governing the Activities of … Wikipedia
