March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
.... Finally, at the 2017 ICAO/UNOOSA Aerospace Symposium, the general points of interest for the commercial space sector - and within the space industry overall - were safety, transparency, harmonisation, and cooperation. These components are not just...
July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
...longer be the owners and operators of the LEO environment. I was a reluctant convert to commercial space flight, but now I travel the world to promote commercial space capabilities for low Earth orbit - Charlie Bolden So NASA made the decision to get...
April 2020
Is space poised to take another giant leap?
... SpaceX’s Dragon - designed to carry crew to low Earth orbit (LEO). But these commercial enterprises are looking to carry more than just government space agency astronauts. The questions are: who might such passengers be, where might...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
...a novel collaboration between industry and NASA, which we will discuss later. Collaboration between governments and commercial space companies is not anecdotal but part of a growing trend. There is an increasing overlap between private and government...
June 2019
Space industry prime directive
... a lot of time on it, what’s happening in the other parts of the world that don’t have a space programme? In a world that is becoming ever more commercial, NASA’s role is fundamentally changing - would you like to expand on that? I think NASA has...
August 2020
Battle for the night sky - from telescopes to ad-breaks
..., have an unprecedented impact upon the visible night sky. Visual pollution from commercial space typifies the dilemmas faced when trying to regulate contemporary space activity and the challenge is to find a solution that is enduring yet pragmatic...
