November 2019
Strategic role of government in space commercialisation
Space commercialisation is becoming an important goal for many national space programmes and this article, based on an analysis conducted by the United States’ IDA (Institute for Defense Analyses) ...
May 2019
The inadequacies and dangers of modern rocket technology
... Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, as well as to all those who intend to proceed with large-scale space commercialisation using carrier rockets, engineer Anatoli Yunitski calls for a complete reappraisal of our reliance on rocket-based technology...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... the statement that this was a new phenomenon, insisting instead that NewSpace be considered part of ongoing space commercialisation. Here, Walter Peeters discusses whether or not NewSpace is really anything new. In academic journals and specialised...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... down the value chain and across the technology spectrum, space exploration has accelerated technology on Earth beyond our wildest dreams. But future space commercialisation already lies far beyond Earth orbit where the efforts of entrepreneurs...
March 2016
Future space is challenge for international law
... Thus, the existing international law gives no answer to the most important question raised under the conditions of space commercialisation: how to ensure the balance of public and commercial interests. On the one hand, there is a need to promote and...
01 April 2025
The Future of Geography: How Power and Politics in Space will Change Our World
... on foreign affairs”. In essence, it’s a story of astropolitics and the rivalry between the major space powers in an era of increasing space commercialisation. Building on the theme embodied in the title, the author suggests that to understand the...
