April 2018
Servicing the space economy
..., just as logistics underpins the world economy. The logistics for this 2040s multi-trillion US dollar space market will be complex and will evolve from the simple service spacecraft to supporting commercial orbital factories for ...
October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
... satellite marketplace is somewhat under siege these days and is arguably in decline, but there is also the civil space market (scientific payloads and planetary missions) and human spaceflight and cargo (either to the International...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... entail. We can learn much about corporations acting in lieu of states and extending political and market territoriality, much like space mining may entail Business leaders and companies endeavour to innovate new technology in areas that were...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... little incentive for industry to cut costs and improve productivity. In order to encourage venture entrepreneurs to enter the space market, the government will consider introducing a form of contract that does not require interim products and that...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
... was elected as President serving from 2011-2018. His publications cover articles on commercial space topics, space tourism and, inter alia, a book on Space Marketing (Kluwer, 2000) and an IAA Report on Suborbital Spaceflight (IAA, 2014). His present...
March 2022
Smoothing the journey to space with the satellite-as-a-service model
... and more costly satellite. SaaS offers an opportunity for small companies and individual entrepreneurs to enter the space market without significant pain and on an accelerated time scale. Mission-as-a-service (MaaS) builds on top of the previous...
