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...
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 ...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... scale projects that sovereign nations should consider supporting and/or underwriting. Their benefits downstream to a vibrant deep space economy can’t be underestimated. Next, let us discuss a few of the key enablers for DSPs to both emerge and...
January 2018
Creating a viable cislunar economy
... to contain large quantities of water. And we believe there is water on Mars. Second, water has many uses in the space economy, but the most significant near-term use is as propellant. Water’s constituents, oxygen and hydrogen, when separated...
September 2017
Australia’s ambitious home-grown space industry
... from academia, government institutions and industry. To promote growth of the space economy in the state, the SA government established in April 2016 the office of Space Industry and Research & Development Collaborations at Defence SA. Last November...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
...today, the world is moving towards a new reality where humanity will depend increasingly on a new space economy and it will be recognised that space hazards can threaten global prosperity. A study by Lloyd’s of London, for example, has suggested that...
