April 2019
Space launch industry analysis
...some may fail to materialise. Nevertheless, the launch industry remains optimistic. In addition to the ‘big boys’ (Arianespace, Blue Origin, ILS, SpaceX, ULA, etc) new small launch vehicles are being developed to serve the constellation replenishment...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... depots, robotics, in-orbit servicing and the placement of computing resources off planet. Jeff Bezos, of Amazon and Blue Origin, has long talked of manufacturing in space and large launchers will help to realise this potential. With greater...
January 2021
Taking out the trash in space
... use in OSCAR. Launch demo On 11 December 2019, the OSCAR payload was successfully flown and operated on Flight NS-12 of Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle. It is understood to be the largest payload (in volume and mass terms) flown to date on the New...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
...” for the humankind’s future in space, citing it as a first step towards the colonisation of Mars. Similarly, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin was the first to succeed in landing a complete rocket back in 2015. Bezos has continued to state an ambitious plan...
May 2022
Redefining the space professional – disruptions in the space sector workforce
..., influences potential employees’ inclination to work for, or stay with businesses. In late 2021 a rash of negative headlines about Blue Origin caused difficulties for recruiters, while the opposite was true for SpaceX in July 2020. Even with...
15 January 2020
Rising sea levels pose threat to KSC
... economy, which earns around $3 billion a year from ‘space’, is certainly banking on its success as long as possible. But Blue Origin's Henderson envisions a time when there will be thousands of spaceports across the world and that, ultimately, Cape...
