January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... years, made a big impact at the 2022 International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Paris, France. On a busy stand, President Ricardo Conde met up with ROOM Editor-in-Chief Clive Simpson to share his enthusiasm for the country’s newly coordinated...
April 2025
Maximising returns to Earth - the infinite potential of space
... Anousheh Ansari (pictured), chief executive, XPRIZE; Dylan Taylor, chairman and chief executive, Voyager Space; Ricardo Conde, President, Portuguese Space Agency; and Lindy Elkins-Tanton, principal investigator of NASA’s Psyche mission. He quipped...
13 January 2021
Portugal envision building a spaceport on the Azores islands
... space agency is a new kid on the block. But NewSpace is an opportunity to put Portugal on another level of capabilities,” Ricardo Conde, President of the space agency said at the conference. Playing a big role in putting Portugal on the space sector...
13 May 2023
Inmarsat boss calls for urgent action to reduce space debris
.... “The NewSpace economy can be shaped by new space players if we act in unity now.” Portugal Space Agency president Ricardo Conde described sustainability as “underpinning the country’s expanding efforts in space” and said the agency was targeting...
