September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... The success of SpaceX in the vertical landing of its Falcon 9 rocket represented a dramatic achievement in the cost-cutting ... of all state business in the Pacific. Closeup view of Falcon F9 first stage landing on specially converted barge at sea. ...
February 2020
Aeroshells – from LEO to Mars
... was contracted by Spaceflight Industries to provide deployable sails to de-orbit two small satellite deployers during the SSO-A Falcon 9 mission. The move by Spaceflight Industries was to ensure that the satellites would burn up in the atmosphere...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... a lunar base using automated 3D printers, making use of lunar regolith as building material. SpaceX recently succeeded in the Falcon-9 launch of astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), the return of the reusable rocket, and then the...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
...chain from launch to smallsats and spaceships. After a record-setting 2020, SpaceX has ambitious targets of launching 48 Falcon missions, three crewed missions to the ISS and flying Starship closer to Mars. Starship is a fully reusable transportation...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... the efficient loading of the standardised and relatively simple Starlink satellites in a single Falcon 9 rocket. Closely packed Starlink satellites before launch on a Falcon 9 rocket. The shift between ecosystems is well illustrated by plotting the...
April 2025
Racing to the Moon
... rocket or SpaceX’s Starship, and only a little more than the Falcon Heavy’s 63.8 tonnes. Long March 10 can deliver 27 tonnes to ...look remarkably like Western counterparts, particularly SpaceX’s Falcon-9 and Starship. The Chinese government appears to...
