December 2014
Skolkovo and a new breed of Russian space startups
... new generation of commercial companies appeared: enterprises currently classified as ‘Space 2.0’. Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Galactic, began openly speaking about his plans of turning a profit on suborbital tourism. Space startups mushroomed...
June 2015
Re-usable rockets: a new breakthrough for suborbital research
... expensive Cold War technologies. Today, thanks to dedicated efforts by next generation reusable suborbital rocket firms like Virgin Galactic, XCOR Aerospace, and Blue Origin, the field is on the verge of a revolution in how we access space. It will...
October 2015
The Global Space Governance Study – A new regulatory framework for New Space?
...; the Space Council of the World Economic Forum; George Washington University Space Policy Institute; SpaceX; Virgin Galactic; Swiss Space Systems (S3) of Payerne, Switzerland; National Institute of Advanced Studies of Bangalore, India; National and...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
...companies and initiatives like the XPrize, SpaceShipOne, SpaceX, Skybox, O3b, ViaSat, Blue Origin, Stratolaunch/Viking, Virgin Galactic, etc. have embraced disruptive new space technology and reinvented the innovative nature of outer space enterprise...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
... specifically tailored to the needs of small satellites. The industry recognised leaders include Rocket Lab, Firefly and Virgin Galactic - however, dozens of companies around the world are attempting to build similar types of vehicles. The promised...
August 2016
National legislation provides incentives for private business
... create attractive conditions for space operators as they ease the potential financial (including insurance) burdens. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo craft alongside the signature feature of Spaceport America, the Gateway to Space building, which...
