Issue #2(2) 2014 Lounge

The vanity of machines

Ready for the big event – Rosetta mission selfie taken on 7 October at a distance of about 16 km from its target comet

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Fireflies and saucers

Big or small - aerospace innovates through constraints

ROOM, Space Magazine Cover

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Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana. Although France has no space-specific tax regime, companies operating from French Guiana can benefit from enhanced research tax credits, illustrating how taxation is already influencing the commercial space sector.

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Who taxes space? - new challenges for the space economy

NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara kneels to pick up a rock while testing the mobility of Axiom Space’s lunar spacesuit. NASA and Axiom Space teams held the first dual spacesuit run at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston in September 2025 with astronauts Stan Love and Loral O’Hara. This was the final integration test in the pool, proving both the spacesuit and facility are prepped and ready for Artemis mission training.

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Who will build humanity’s future in space?