...of competition for the launch of micro and nanosatellites. Similar concerns had also been expressed at a US hearing on ‘The Commercial Space Launch Industry: Small Satellite Opportunities and Challenges’ held in April 2016. To date, India has carried...
...change in language, the agency is now seeking information about commercial launchers that would be available for a 21-day launch ...heavy payload, at present, there are only a couple of commercial options on the table; a SpaceX Falcon Heavy in its ...
... lunar surface. In the last few days, the agency has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to; “assess commercial interest in development of domestic lunar lander capabilities that would evolve to meeting the identified performance towards human...
... for the ISS – which currently stands at around $3 to $4 billion per year – and instead shift the focus to commercial development of the station. The decision is probably partly due to NASA’s interest in developing a human-tended lunar gateway...
... point, it would have been largely speculation, but today the commercial use of space, in particular for tourism, has a far... would be to ignore the ‘governor’ of the engine of commercialism. As the editors of this text recognise in their introduction,...
...SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk announced plans to launch a commercial flight carrying two crew members to the Moon in 2018. ...NASA, without whom this would not be possible. NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, which provided most of the funding for Dragon...