May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
..., these individual insights and design considerations provide invaluable operational experiences for human-centred designs of future cislunar and deep-space transit habitats. Such building blocks can also incrementally evolve knowledge and confidence...
September 2019
Extending the life of geostationary orbit satellites
... without the help of an MRV). Mission Assembly and Repair Vehicle assembles a large next-generation space telescope in cislunar space. In addition to deploying MEPs, the MRV itself retains all the RPOD systems of an MEV, and can...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
... we employ a little vision, it becomes clear that the space industry can drive real economic growth. Constructing a cislunar infrastructure will drive renewed investment in education because such a complex project requires well-trained and technical...
May 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
... from the most challenging lunar environments. Ultimately, extraterrestrial resources will be valuable not just on Earth but in cislunar space, too - as propellant, for life support supplies and for manufacturing. We believe that this future economy...
October 2020
Is NASA’s Artemis Accords agreement Moon-proof?
... on the Moon. But with numerous countries and private sector players also planning missions and operations in cislunar space between Earth and Moon, it is increasingly critical to establish a common set of principles to govern the civil exploration...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... in orbit has huge potential for cost savings compared to launching fresh material from Earth. Luxembourg-based CisLunar Industries is already planning a system that will harvest and recycle space waste. Nicknamed a ‘space foundry’, it would...
