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...
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 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...
