March 2017
Rosetta – outstanding climax to pioneering mission
...Rosetta onto the surface of the comet. More navigation challenges The year 2016 was dedicated to close observations and scientific...2 km by mid-September. This phase was even more challenging from the navigation point of view than the initial one after...
July 2020
The four horsemen of space finance
... investors have entered the industry in a significant way. Despite this, space finance remains perhaps the biggest challenge to truly opening up the high frontier, especially in light of recent economic traumas caused by Covid-19. This begs the...
August 2021
AI in space – a legal perspective
... rethink of the legal framework While recognising the vast array of opportunities, the use of AI gives rise to challenges under international law related to transparency, human control and judgment, responsibility, liability and ethics. The fact ...
February 2022
A manifesto for Europe in space
... health. Today, we are at an historical turning point. As forests burn, cities flood and the world faces unprecedented challenges, this is the moment to contribute bold, shared ambitions and solutions enabled by space. Ambition is a word I use a lot...
February 2023
How to grow plants in a spacecraft
..., we will need to study their integration with the other existing environmental control technologies, which represents a new challenge. Determining the cost and the sustainability of these smaller food-crop production systems will provide critical...
April 2024
Planning, designing and delivering a spaceport
... the 1990s. It is generally acknowledged to be the battleground of small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), startups and disruptors, which challenge the way of the old guard with a faster, leaner and profit-minded approach to space-related activity...
