February 2020
Debunking the myths on space patents
... has become difficult in recent months; for example, companies such as Planetary Resources and Deep Space Industries, both champions of space mineral resource exploitation and once backed by famous personalities in Silicon Valley, have stalled. This...
September 2020
Space technology transfer - today and tomorrow
... new markets and new applications, often using new business models. In the context of the space industry this is the process of transferring space know-how and technology into terrestrial business. Technology transfer has the effect of diversifying...
October 2020
Open Source Space
... few years have seen the topic of sustainability - in both a business and environmental sense - become prominent in the space industry. There has been a substantial increase in the quantity and value of funding and investment streams available for...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
...start-up Neutron Star Systems is leading efforts to promote the uptake of superconductor technology within the space industry through the development of superconducting-based subsystems for spacecraft applications. Together with its key partners, the...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
... that should be taken seriously and not only by those within the space industry. From my perspective in the risk management industry it seems the potential of extreme space weather to disrupt modern day life on Earth has largely been ignored until...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
..., pre-launch, launch and in-orbit coverage At the time of that first space insurance policy, there were no space brokers, no space insurers and precious little space industry, so the policy was placed with the existing aviation insurance community...
