April 2018
Servicing the space economy
... flight computers with substantially more capability and computational power. This will not be a problem in the forthcoming space economy because the same type of spacecraft that provides life extension services can also deliver payload modules...
September 2023
A multifaceted approach to space sustainability
... atmospheric re-entries on the atmosphere itself. 4. Move away from a disposable culture in space towards a circular space economy The space economy has traditionally relied on space systems that are used only once and then disposed of by atmospheric...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... be the step required to kick-start a new off-Earth economy, just as the US Government’s construction of the Internet, in...technical problems that prevented it docking with the International Space Station. The capsule used parachutes and airbags to...
May 2020
Time to discuss regulations for future interplanetary trade
... the Earth and other planets. Two of a series of posters originally commissioned by NASA for an exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s Complex. As part of NASA’s Journey to Mars, they are now available to everyone online. Here is my vision...
October 2018
Funding the space frontier – a moment that changed the Universe
...when the job of many of those employed by governments to go into space is to look around, take pictures and rush home themselves. Dennis wasn... we needed to grow an economy in space? How could we start a new space race that would eventually create ...
December 2021
The rise of the UK space economy
...to grow already exist in a number of regions. Taken together, they can form a national infrastructure for supporting the space economy across the whole of the UK. The Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station in Cornwall has been redeveloped for an essential...
