July 2020
The four horsemen of space finance
... because they ultimately see NewSpace ventures as outsourced research and development for their larger multi-national enterprises. These are of course the larger strategic firms such as Lockheed Martin, Airbus, Boeing and Northrop Grumman...
July 2020
Covid-19 infects global space community
... and anytime’ connected future with communications at home and, when allowed, ‘on the move’. In addition, governments and enterprises have looked more to geospatial data during the crisis, leveraging location intelligence and AI/machine learning...
August 2020
Interstellar aspirations
..., via Blue Origin, to large-scale space industrialisation and human settlements on the Moon. These are exciting enterprises with great potential for extending our civilisation into the solar system. However, there remains another...
September 2020
Space technology transfer - today and tomorrow
... to as ‘spill-over’) was more often the case for the remaining 71 percent of small, micro and medium enterprises in the sector that are not so well understood. The UK space industry is one of a longtail of small companies and...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
..., was established in 2003 to launch satellites from the CLA using the Ukrainian Tsyklon-4 rocket, but the enterprise folded in 2015 due to budget problems and the uncertain future of the commercial launch market. After this...
November 2020
The alien hunter’s field manual
... comes from land. Compared to the ocean, land is a dry, sun-baked, nutrient poor, harsh place, and an enterprising cell would require some sophisticated delivery architecture to obtain its water and necessary nutrients. Determining whether...
