July 2021
Nitrous oxide – a green propellant for commercial space exploration
... and manoeuvring, as well as launch) can be served by nitrous oxide, it has potential as a universal propellant for a wide range of commercial space applications. N2O/PMMA hybrid rocket motor capable of eight restarts. The HRM uses the hot exhaust...
June 2021
Is NewSpace really so new?
...Dean and was elected as President serving from 2011-2018. His publications cover articles on commercial space topics, space tourism and, inter alia, a book on Space Marketing (Kluwer, 2000) and an IAA Report on Suborbital Spaceflight (IAA, 2014). His...
September 2025
Why the global space sector needs urgent regulation
... time not by a Cold War military arms race but by a rapidly emerging global commercial space sector. This private sector space race is creating a new ‘Wild West’ in space, the ultimate ‘New Frontier’ of human innovation. The speed of the race...
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 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
... commercialisation but still at the mercy of governments. The question is what’s going to make commercial entities want to come to us to put a platform in space? KAVANDI It’s a good point. There are a couple of different aspects of what you’re saying...
January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
.... NASA first raised the idea that it might embark on a joint development with a commercial partner to create a commercial space station facility under a NASA Space Act Agreement arrangement. This approach had already been used successfully to develop...
