May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
... allocated within the same continuous volume. The final pressurised volume of 916 cubic metres is comparable to a Boeing 747. In addition to its scientific mission, NASA and its international partners have accumulated decades of human spaceflight...
July 2019
Science and sensation in microgravity
... USA became the first to offer commercial weightless flights to the general public in 2004. They use the Boeing 727 from several airports, and Orlando in Florida in particular. In Russia, Roscosmos still has three specialised IL-76MDK...
October 2019
Making the most of Blockchain in space
... (ESA) are studying ways to employ blockchain for their missions, and several traditional space companies, such as Boeing, are instituting blockchain into existing infrastructures and supply chains. This technology also presents a great opportunity...
January 2020
Commercialising space exploration and development
... and is manifested to launch on SpaceX flight 21 (currently targeted for August 2020). Although we’ve had some support from Boeing Aerospace and Thales Alenia, Bishop is largely self-funded by Nanoracks. In terms of revenue, the airlock has already...
February 2020
Debunking the myths on space patents
... 200 patents were filed in 2017, and almost half of them (49 percent) came from big companies such as Boeing or Airbus. The numbers make no sense in the current NewSpace era, where the number of venture capital firms...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
... Union). Spin-off technologies will develop, and the horizontal launch systems themselves will develop as the Boeing 747 is replaced by craft running cleaner and cleaner fuels. Finally, these craft will reach space and...
