March 2019
International collaboration spawns scalable CubeSat EO payloads
... of the value of networking across the global space business. After making contact at the 2011 International Astronautical Congress (IAC), they discovered a common commercial synergy and, despite initial differences in ambition, the Cape Town-based...
April 2019
Is a military space force justified?
... private sector internationally to find ways to utilise space, especially extraterrestrial resources, for profit. Both the US Congress and the Government of Luxembourg have enacted laws to promote and encourage private space enterprises. The US law...
May 2019
Growing Australia’s space industry
Australia formally announced its intention to establish an Australian Space Agency at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide in 2017 and less than a year later, in July 2018, the agency opened its doors ...
January 2020
Venture capital investment in space
... and the industry is benefiting as a result. In an article based on his presentation at the Asgardia Space Science & Investment Congress (ASIC), Mark Boggett explains why this transition from government to private funding is underway and provides...
February 2020
Surviving bacteria in space
... future missions to the Moon and Mars. This article, based on a presentation at the Asgardia Space Science & Investment Congress (ASIC) in Darmstadt, Germany, in October, explains some of the issues and describes the state of play in this research...
February 2020
Debunking the myths on space patents
...-ups and academia. The main sources for technology information are professional and scientific literature, congress proceedings and patents of invention. A patent of invention is a legal mechanism of protection that grants exclusive rights to the...
