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April 2024
Unlocking the NewSpace economy through space-based solar power
...his short story Reason, described a space station that harvests energy in space and wirelessly transmits it to Earth. Peter Glaser picked this up again at the height of the race to space, in the journal Science, titled ‘Power from the ...more akin to warehouse or logistics ‘pick and pack’ With such a large asset in space there are new possible business opportunities that could be capitalised upon. The first one would be instrumenting the OTVs - what...
April 2019
Cleaning up space
... debris Without a consistent global effort to shape regulations and a vibrant ecosystem that assures a business case, space debris removal will remain in the realm of government and academic discussions rather than becoming a ... companies, from start-ups to established aerospace companies, are recognising the need to develop business plans for space debris removal. So, a market will exist. Companies and governments are currently still reluctant ...
March 2019
Urgent action needed to avert space debris threat
... late 2018 the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) reported that there were 4,857 satellites in orbit, representing an increase of 4.79 percent compared to 2017. The fact is that space is already crowded - and it’s getting worse. ... There is only so much ‘space’ to go around, in both senses of the word, which is another way of saying that too many satellites can cause congestion. Much like a busy motorway during rush-hour, more ...
October 2020
Open Source Space
...satellites and open source thinking is creating a springboard for the development of a community-based approach For space businesses to be sustainable, the enabling technology needs to be performant and large enough to support payloads that... and robustness - rather than CubeSats, will be required to enable many of the sustainable space and space-enabled businesses of the future. This was the catalyst for the initiation of the Open Source Satellite...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
...assess damage. Market evolution While coverage for communications satellites is still the mainstay of the space insurance business, the past five decades has seen a degree of diversification. Arguably most notable are ... to focus on insurable risks in applications that underwriters believe will generate premium income – because space insurance is first and foremost a business. But if the past year or so has taught us anything, it is that we cannot...
October 2018
The ethics of space exploration
...the UNESCO World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST). Its last report was back in 2000 – when space mining and planetary protection were not even mentioned. Next, it would be interesting for all... of the cosmos? My personal opinion is that many answers are to be found outside the worlds of business and engineering: from philosophy and ethics to various forms of the arts, including but not limited to science...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
... environment, and remote sensing law & regulation. He has been a contributor to several aviation and space law focused journals, is a member of the International Institute of Space Law, is the Chair of the Legal Technical Committee with the American Institute of Aeronautics...
July 2020
Lego’s replica space programme
...model building. It is therefore no great surprise that Lego has embarked on its own small space programme. Entering space Space is increasingly an integral part of our culture… It is therefore no great surprise that ... writer, and a Commissioning Editor for ROOM Space Journal. He has 40 years of experience as a satellite communications engineer and consultant to the space industry, space insurance and space education sectors. He is the author of ...
June 2022
Military space – how worried should we be?
... area of the spaceflight narrative of the 2020s. Military actions in space, such as Russian Nudol anti-satellite tests and China reportedly flying hypersonic weapons in orbit, quickly attract popular attention. Think-tanks... publish ready advice for governments on space security: Defence IQ recently published its Space Operations Summit Market Report 2022, a country-by-country review of military space programmes. Fresh room must be found on...
