24 February 2025
Sustainability plan for boosting spacecraft longevity
... industry and aims to deliver transformative in-orbit services that enable a vibrant, accessible, resilient and sustainable space economy. With innovative in‐orbit services and groundbreaking projects like the ESA’s flagship ClearSpace-1 mission, the...
22 June 2020
Virgin Galactic announces an agreement with NASA for private orbital spaceflight to the ISS
... we have secured to date, we are proud to share that insight in helping to grow another market for the new space economy. We want to bring the planetary perspective to many thousands of people.”
January 2017
Elon Musk and Mars - looking for a snowball effect
... of high reliability and low cost will inevitably require several decades of development. Therefore, the painstaking growth of a space economy with high levels of traffic in low Earth orbit (10,000 to 100,000 passengers/year) and lower levels...
September 2017
Plans for high-speed lunar rovers
..., the lunar vicinity is a key area for the development of an affordable and sustainable space economy that would completely transform the current landscape of space exploration [2]. High-speed lunar rover Current rover designs are not suited for...
18 April 2023
UK unveils funding for international space partnerships
... partnerships will boost our commercial and scientific endeavours as we work with some of the world's most dynamic space economies, creating more jobs and generating investment in the UK." This first tranche of funding will support approximately...
February 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
... the world to consider issues based around four thematic areas: space economy, space society, space accessibility and space diplomacy. Capacity-building and access to space for developing countries, through initiatives like our partnership with SNC...
