November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
..., pre-launch, launch and in-orbit coverage At the time of that first space insurance policy, there were no space brokers, no space insurers and precious little space industry, so the policy was placed with the existing aviation insurance community...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
... it comes to living on another planet or back on Earth? Commercial exploitation of space Commercial missions include space transport, space tourism and space mining. While commercial space exploration may seem more trivial than scientific exploration...
May 2022
Redefining the space professional – disruptions in the space sector workforce
... change as they progress through their careers. Given that the workforce is becoming more Industry 4.0 oriented, non-space derived professionals will be particularly critical of earned media to influence their choice to enter and diversify the sector...
May 2022
China’s international collaboration in space: an evolving approach from the Middle Kingdom
... builds it, will they come? Future trends Despite all the efforts poured into international collaboration in space, China’s space sector, even today, remains very domestically-focused, while an increasing number of countries are becoming suspicious...
June 2022
Space logistics: achieving end-to-end mobility for space
... and the rest of the solar system, enabling even larger economies of scale which would benefit from in-space resources. Space end-to-end mobility is now in its early stage but, as infrastructure is key to developing a sustainable economy, a promising...
January 2023
Space sustainability imperative
...all going to grind to a halt. American astrophysicist and retired NASA scientist, Donald J Kessler, pioneered the study of space debris. He realised that, left unchecked, orbiting debris could cause a chain reaction of satellite collisions, which has...
