July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
... this well-known but sometimes misunderstood propellant and presents the authors’ vision for its application in commercial space exploration. Nitrous oxide is a colourless, non-toxic, easily liquefied gas with a slightly sweet taste and odour...
March 2016
Space industrialisation needs balanced legal and policy approach
When US President Obama signed a new law into existence in November 2015, it signalled a new direction for commercial space exploration and exploitation. The bill that was signed had ambitious beginnings in the US House of Representatives. That ...
July 2021
Collaboration and competition in lunar exploration
... NASA and ESA, particularly expanding the use of partnerships with industry to advance commercial space exploration in LEO. In the US, the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) programme, which gave birth to the Cargo Resupply Services...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
... economy. ESA is promoting brainstorming activities with space and non-space actors in order to agree on potential ways forward and is seeking to establish marketable commercial space exploration initiatives and to boost the spill-over effects...
25 September 2019
Spacebit announces agreement to land first UK commercial payload on Moon
... the first payload from the UK to reach the Moon surface and mark the beginning of a new era in commercial space exploration for Britain.” “Astrobotic is very excited to bring Spacebit’s first payload to the Moon. Spacebit has pioneered a captivating...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
... when it comes to living on another planet or back on Earth? Commercial exploitation of space Commercial missions include space transport, space tourism and space mining. While commercial space exploration may seem more trivial than scientific...
