28 February 2024
SSSIF consolidates position as Europe's leading NewSpace event
... economy have grown exponentially over the last few years. Between 2013 and 2022, some 30 percent of exploration missions were targeted on the lunar environment, with a total budget of $58.8 billion. Between 2023 and 2032, it is expected that...
June 2015
Space, secular stagnation, and the economic crisis
... capabilities have never been taken advantage of such as the ability to assemble space vehicles headed for commercial or exploration missions. Expanding the ISS into an industrial facility could enable the goal of providing all of Earth’s citizens...
March 2016
Captivating hearts and minds
... and more potential for reaching out to the general public and engaging them with the space exploration mission brand. 1 Marcu, S.D., & Laird, R. J. M. (2015). Rosetta and Philae: Captivating the Hearts and Minds of a Global Audience, 66th...
July 2019
A reluctant American hero
... new awareness of the environmental issues for Earth from the late 1960s, stemming from the Apollo exploration missions. Seeing Earth from the Moon in the Apollo 11 photos was a powerful message and Apollo 8’s Bill Anders...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
... much further out, so perhaps Ceres is a Kuiper belt object. Two missions currently under development will also address small body migration concepts. JAXA’s Martian Moons Exploration mission (MMX) will go to the Martian moons Phobos and Deimos...
June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
...constellations, and the fourth phase of the China Lunar Exploration Program. Overall, despite the 2020s having begun with... year, and future Chang’e missions, deep space exploration missions and even human lunar missions planned for later in the decade...
