August 2017
Space invaders and the usual suspects - disruptive trends in Earth observation
... (Geo4i) References 1 “Alternative Futures: United States Commercial Satellite Imagery in 2020”, Report prepared for the Department of Commerce by Robert A. Weber and Kevin M. O’Connell, Innovative Analytics and Training, November 2011. See...
October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
... forces will restore balance to the income equation. Wealth is not the problem; the inability to pursue it is. Space commerce will return that ability to many more people by refocusing private enterprise and innovation back onto the...
April 2018
Developing Mars
... The US regulatory environment is becoming more supportive of commercial space ventures. For example, the American Space Commerce Free Enterprise Act of 2017 aims to establish a certification authority for space activities. Certification will remove...
July 2018
A moment in space and time
...governed by 12 ministries; Information and Communication, Justice, Science, Citizenship, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Trade and Commerce, Youth and Education, Safety and Security, Equity and Resources, Administrative Affairs, and Manufacturing. Asgardia...
November 2018
Why we should not assume that war in space is ‘inevitable’
... us well. Properly respected, these allow for and encourage inspiration and optimism, innovation and development, commerce and science, notwithstanding the pressures of increasing commercialisation. No doubt there are areas for further reflection...
December 2018
Prosperity in the stars
Asgardia, the nascent space nation, celebrated its second birthday in October and is rapidly moving forward to create the infrastructure and an economy that aims to power its 25-year space programme to safeguard humanity’s future both on Earth and ...
