January 2022
Earth - no longer humanity’s only home
... understanding. In 2021, SpaceX flew 18 humans to space, including an all-private rooky crew mission. Private, low orbit transportation is now available in the US and Boeing is scheduled to fly crew this year. Russia and China continue to fly...
June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
... Earth’s poles, create the perfect condition for high-speed collisions. Satellite servicing includes several operations: transportation, life extension, phasing, repair and maintenance and disposal Consider the following fictitious scenario. The mass...
October 2023
Space architecture on Earth
...in which to install a waiting rocket; a site transport system (rail or land); access transport (air, sea or rail); fuel tanks; fuelling ...of the architecture of launch sites has been the transport system and the multiple combinations of sea, land,...
28 September 2016
Musk unveils ambitious plans for Mars
... also on Mars after landing there. He explained that to achieve the target US$200,000 price the entire transportation system has to be reusable. He suggested Mars could eventually have a colony of a million people which would make it self...
