October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
... such as Blue Origin, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic symbolise the increasing growth of the commercial space sector, an industry segment that is opening its previously inaccessible marketplace to entrepreneurs and innovators from around the world. Non...
March 2022
Smoothing the journey to space with the satellite-as-a-service model
... benefit the planet, and there are a number of promising applications that can potentially revolutionise the space industry, but thorough research and development is required to reach the required technology maturity level. Many of the technology...
April 2025
Strapped for success - from racetrack to orbit
... automotive components are very low thanks to high production volumes). The leading product transferred to the space industry – the type of webbing used in high-performance seat-belts – has been of fundamental importance in the weightless environment...
March 2026
Humanity – the potential of space
... as we learn new lessons about how to do so out there. Artist’s concept from 2013 showing the Deep Space Industries’ Harvestor class spacecraft for asteroid mining. Beyond existential security, space offers immediate solutions to planetary crises...
March 2026
Lessons learned on the way to space
... pressure environment, orders of magnitude less severe. But why and how would competitors want to collaborate? Because an industrial sector can become much stronger when individual companies group together to protect their collective interests with...
07 August 2020
UK space launch sector builds foundation for collaborative future
...conscious and commercially viable space launches from British soil. A series of UK-wide workshops aimed at developing a common industry position across key issues related to a sovereign launch capability have just been delivered by the Scottish Space...
