January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... Duchy of Luxembourg has famously put capital behind this category and seems committed to ensuring that the industry develops. Earlier in 2017 it invested US$29 million in Planetary Resources and also agreed to fund a spacecraft for Deep Space...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
... that will service it has given the UK space community a strengthened sense of purpose. Meanwhile, the 2018 Space Industry Act is nearing completion as the necessary regulations move through parliament and the first UK launches will be possible...
October 2020
Pandemic impacts - the state of the ground segment
... for CubeSats to share a launch with even the most expensive and risky interplanetary missions. Similarly, the industry is shifting away from dedicated ground stations to a more practical ‘sharing-economy’ approach. Unlike the traditional dedicated...
September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
... effect on attracting large scale investments especially from private risk capital. Given the nature of the space industry, high sums of capital investment remain one of the fundamental requirements for expansion of upstream capabilities for NewSpace...
November 2021
Space launch emergency response
... seriously injuring the pilot. It was the first major in-flight failure of the burgeoning commercial human spaceflight industry, and it provided significant lessons for emergency medical response. After investigating the accident, the NTSB advised...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
...business plans involve ‘space mining’ for profit. These companies include Planetary Resources Inc, Deep Space Industries, Moon Express, and Shackleton Energy Corporation. There is a great abundance of wealth of natural resources on our six sextillion...
