June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
The launch market is divided into two sectors: government-ordered launches and the commercial sector. Government launches are known for monopolies of both launch providers and customers, as well as relative stability as far as business is concerned....
23 October 2015
NASA says no to commercial launch pads at Kennedy Space Center – for now
... future, as the local market, forever altered by the arrival of SpaceX, continues to change and grow. As ROOM author Igor Afanasyev recently pointed out, both in the U.S. as well as globally, commercial space is slated to transform the entire space...
03 November 2015
China’s Kuaizhou-11: coming in 2016?
... past, much of the Kuaizhou program has been shrouded in secrecy. Whatever the case may be, as ROOM author Igor Afanasyev has recently argued, China is expected to become a major player on the commercial market in just a few years – and...
