November 2019
Strategic role of government in space commercialisation
... mechanisms, such as R&D grants. Additionally, strategic investment funds invest in companies that have products with commercial prospects (with at least two-thirds of sales to non-government customers). Successful funds always co-invest with private...
December 2019
Human conception and childbirth in space
...space in a formal scientific setting, based on solid research, adequate selection and professional guidance. When that prospective couple can no longer be the first, the opportunity will arguably no longer be as attractive. Embryo development on Mars...
January 2020
Satellite-based IoT - the race is on
... opportunity in the IoT and Machine to Machine (M2M) sectors. Environmental testing of NanoAvionics nano-satellites. Prospective operators At least 16 companies with different business models and different forms of connectivity are targeting the IoT...
February 2020
Preserving our space heritage
... the Earth; surely that spacecraft would merit curation? But how to preserve them? Currently there is no realistic prospect of returning the HST or any other important space hardware to the Earth for display, so curation in orbit appears...
February 2020
Visions of spaceflight before the Space Age
... status, and future of human space flight, who escaped Nazi Germany in 1935. His first book on the prospects of spaceflight appeared in 1926 under the title, Die Fahrt ins Weltall [The Journey into Space] (Hachmeister...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... reveal their intentions to competitors but also because the details may be decided ‘on the fly’, depending on the prospects for commercial success. Among the dozen or so projects for Internet-related satellite constellations, we find those of Boeing...
