March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
... Imaging are competing with operators such as Digital Globe, and not so much to industry old-timers such as Boeing or Thales Alenia Space. Using such models gives space startups a chance to find their place on the market...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... Launch Alliance, for example, serviced most US government launches for a very long time. ULA is a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, and uses Delta IV and Atlas V rockets. Because SpaceX dramatically lowered prices, it was...
June 2015
FanWing: short take-off capability creates a new way to fly
... particularly suited to the FanWing technology. Peebles was approached for discussion of ‘potential collaboration’ in turn by Boeing, British Aerospace, and Lockheed Martin. The Hungarian Government Defence University lectured on the technology and...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
... missions of tomorrow. To maximize the results from our Earth-reliant phase, NASA is working with commercial partners Boeing and SpaceX to develop a new crew launch capability alongside the commercial cargo capability currently provided by SpaceX...
March 2016
Space industrialisation needs balanced legal and policy approach
... commercial space launches and, intriguingly, creates a new kind of space actor under US law - the ‘government astronaut’. [6] Boeing extended its company naming theme to the final frontier last September when its commercial human-rated...
August 2016
National legislation provides incentives for private business
... territories. The landscape at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida is gradually changing with commercial companies like Boeing and SpaceX appearing on once exclusively government territory. Authorisation of space activities by the appropriate state...
