October 2020
Open Source Space
... satellites and open source thinking is creating a springboard for the development of a community-based approach to delivering space and space-enabled systems that are more affordable and accessible. Programme objectives The primary objectives of the...
January 2021
Time to change our relationship with space?
... after Rosetta and Philae? And so today, after faltering (re-)starts with Skylab, the Space Shuttle and now the International Space Station, space agencies (and we the taxpayers) are once again turning attention to the Moon and...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
..., pre-launch, launch and in-orbit coverage At the time of that first space insurance policy, there were no space brokers, no space insurers and precious little space industry, so the policy was placed with the existing aviation insurance community...
May 2022
Redefining the space professional – disruptions in the space sector workforce
... change as they progress through their careers. Given that the workforce is becoming more Industry 4.0 oriented, non-space derived professionals will be particularly critical of earned media to influence their choice to enter and diversify the sector...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
... and the rest of the solar system, enabling even larger economies of scale which would benefit from in-space resources. Space end-to-end mobility is now in its early stage but, as infrastructure is key to developing a sustainable economy, a promising...
June 2022
Space activities and space debris - finding an ethical balance
...recognising that if such a scenario were to occur, access to space could be inhibited for generations. Moreover, due to kinetic energy ... these fields and the space industry. A member of the Space Scotland New Voices in Space group, she is driven...
