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...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
... is a mainstay of global space exploration and commercial space development, but how do those in the business feel about challenging the very essence of humanity’s future in space - or at least the pathway to get there? In her new book, Ground...
October 2024
Simplicity is the space industry’s secret weapon
...overcome the extreme constraints placed on them by the space environment and wrestle with complex hardware development challenges In fact, SpaceX’s approach flips the traditional mindset: instead of obsessing over the product’s complexity, its system...
March 2015
On-orbit satellite servicing, insurance and lessons of Palapa B2 and Westar 6
...waiting for service, and may potentially be operated outside of its originally intended design. This in itself will be challenging given that commercial communication satellites are currently not built with servicing in mind. Cost-conscious satellite...
October 2018
Using space-based data for humanitarian causes
...OST. It is important to keep in mind this is a positive, forward-thinking agreement, even if its vagaries occasionally make it a challenge to implement. Its passage represented an effort at peace-making by the two super powers at the beginning of the...
