The Cold War spawns a new theatre of war. — This article is part 1 of a 2-part series. You can read part 2 here. The Cold War gave rise to the notion of Space Situational Awareness (SSA). It has been said that war leads to rapid technological advancement — the Cold War was certainly no exception. Advancements in space…

“You don’t choose a dark night for yourself. It is given to you.” The darker sides of life exist whether or not we admit it. In Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’ there is an episode called “Pickman’s Model”, where a young and talented artist refuses to accept the darker…

I Never Imagined I’d End Up Here I never imagined I’d be visiting the United Nations (UN) base in Valencia, Spain. When I was first invited, I hardly even knew what the UN was — something to do with helping Africa or something? Behind my colleague and I is the UN’s satellite communication dishes, which I thought…