April 2025
Maximising returns to Earth - the infinite potential of space
...be a US$1.8 trillion market by 2035, the claim that it’s “everyone’s business” at the 2nd annual Space Economy Summit in December 2024 was not far wide of the mark. The Summit, organised by The Economist magazine group and sponsored by the Portuguese...
September 2026
Can Starlab offer Europe a future in Earth orbit?
... around 2030. The question is whether a meaningful successor ecosystem will exist before the ISS expires. European Space Economy Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. Few voices were more bullish in Lisbon on the transition than Marshall Smith, CEO of Starlab...
05 May 2026
Europe at the edge of a new world
..., Portugal – As the first day of the European Space Economy Summit drew to a close, the tone shifted from policy detail to something more provocative. Addressing an audience of several hundred delegates, space industry veteran Rick Tumlinson from the...