January 2020
Venture capital investment in space
... expectation is that we are going to see an inversion of that over the course of the next year or two, in that commercial launch will become the dominant part of this market. And we’re going to see a very significant spike in the number...
28 July 2021
Bezos offers $2 billion in incentives for NASA lunar lander contract
... minimizes risk. Blue Origin’s initial HLS mission requires only three commercial launches. This very low number...lowers the risk of mission failure due to launch anomalies. This risk is further reduced by the fact that Blue’s HLS...
15 June 2020
Skyrora hits a milestone with suborbital rocket launch
... Shetland is very important for us because it’s a potential option for our Skyrora XL orbital commercial launch vehicle. To understand the local launch conditions learning more about the wind profiles in Shetland is critical. “Skylark Nano’s third...
May 2017
Could Brexit blow a hole in UK’s space ambitions?
... this year the British government published a draft Spaceflight Bill aimed at providing a regulatory framework for the commercial launch of satellites from UK spaceports and though receiving much media publicity this should not be seen as something...
30 November 2016
German company announce their 'Mission to the Moon' plans
...http://lunar.xprize.org/), and they will be using a commercial launch vehicle to blast their vehicles in to space. Once in... quattros – and still have room for additional scientific and commercial payloads. An offer that Sweden, Canada and the USA have...
July 2014
The hypersonic grail: advances at DARPA, AFRL and beyond
... International Space Station; lower-cost satellite delivery and possibly salvage or repair; space debris removal; commercial launch of space science, research, exploration, or manufacturing payloads; and perhaps even economically viable space-based...
