No matter what you take with you when going up into space, it’s going to be complicated and expensive. Very expensive. If we talk about longer missions, we better come up with something sustainable. Tommaso Ghidini, Head of the Materials Technology Section at the European Space Agency, might have an answer! Tommaso and his team […]
We are happy to announce that Rick Tumlinson will speak at our very first TEDxESA event. Having him on our stage, our event will be buzzing with his unique vision for the future in space. Not just in words but in action, as Rick thinks it’s time to step up and out by creating a […]
Registration for TEDxESA, taking place 11 November 2015 at ESA ESTEC, is open again. As seats are limited, apply now for this unique event. Please note that signing up does unfortunately not guarantee a ticket. Names will be selected according to seat availability. Tickets are 55 Euro and 30 Euro (reduced). You can register for your ticket […]
We have seen some amazing missions and projects realised by ESA over the past years. And after successfully landing on a comet, there is an obvious question: what will be ESA’s next great leap forward? Building a lunar base with its partners? New projects in space are not laid out for one or two years, […]
We’re never going to park our Volkswagen Rocketships in front of our orbital houses, and we’re never going to travel to another star at Warp 9. Our future is way more exciting than that, but we need to create a vision of the scientific and social tomorrow that is as bold, compelling and inspiring as […]
There are some amazing robots roving the surface of Mars. However, they are heavily dependent on their human operators. But what if we could provide them with human-like intelligence so that they could find their own way without assistance? What if we could teach them to autonomously deal with completely novel situations? Danko Nikolić, a […]
You will never perceive that astronaut food tastes just bland after learning what top chef Thorsten Schmidt has created as ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen’s takeaway food to share with his fellow ISS astronauts during his mission. Dubbed the Nordic Alchemist, Thorsten is known for his gastronomic experiments and his kitchens are places where rules are […]
Good news – registration for TEDxESA, taking place 11 November 2015 at ESA ESTEC, is now open. As seats are limited, apply now for this unique event. Please note that signing up does unfortunately not guarantee a ticket. Names will be selected according to seat availability. Tickets are 55 Euro and 30 Euro (reduced). You […]
Think ESA’s Rosetta mission was all about orbiting and landing on a comet? Think again. It was about much more! Taff Morgan will tell his story of what Rosetta’s technology can be used for – and how he even started his own business using it, supported by the ESA BIC Harwell. So what do bacteria […]
We are happy to announce that Helen Keen is one of our speakers at our very first TEDxESA event. With Helen on board, our stage will be filled with stand-up comedy with a dash of rocket science as she is best known for talking about the gaps and overlaps between science fiction and science fact. […]