The Institute of Isolation is a short film exploring the body beyond Earth's edge, following Lucy McRae as she tests the effects that extreme experience could have on evolving human capacity. From the microgravity trainer that conditions the body for a possible life in space, to time spent in an anechoic chamber [...]
From an article by Mark Harris at MIT Technology Review Commercial space exploration is no longer just for billionaires. Last week, a small Arizona startup closed a $15 million round of funding led by Silicon Valley venture capital firms Canaan Partners and Norwest Ventures. World View, which calls itself a “space balloon” company, was founded with [...]
From an article by Harriet Tatham at ABC News: Dr Thirsk became obsessed with space travel in his early school years after a teacher put on a broadcast of an American astronaut mission into space. "Many years later, after I'd had some engineering and medical training, I was in a doctors' lounge relaxing and I saw [...]
