October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
... numbers of humans qualify to work beyond our atmosphere. But again, the enormous profit potential and the prospect of thousands of new jobs and a better life, will make such an investment worthwhile as well. NASA’s proposed Deep...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
...increase, a virtuous cycle that funds additional supply should emerge Space resource companies are likely to focus on prospecting and mining of water, and in-space manufacturing should allow for rudimentary parts manufacturing. These two capabilities...
February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
... owned by private companies or local governments, all keen to turn their assets into high value propositions. The prospect of playing host to a local cluster of the internationally flourishing space industry is a very real one. Other important demand...
April 2018
Servicing the space economy
... satellite and the host satellite. Such complexity risks adding mass and cost to a spacecraft, raising the prospect of it not being able to close the business case. The market that supports the simpler satellite station...
June 2018
Archaeologist of the future
.... From the Spanish court’s point of view, however, it was a high-risk project, albeit one with fantastic prospects of a return on investment. Indeed, these stories always have two dimensions. I would be ready to bet that our ancestors...
October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
... assessment of ice resources is a necessary precursor to any mining activities. To address this step, a Lunar Polar Prospecting Workshop was recently conducted at CSM. More than 100 participants developed mission scenarios resulting in a resource...
