September 2016
Transforming US space policy
.... This will require greater funding for FAA/AST, which the bill supports. With the expansion of commercial space utilisation, the absence of appropriate regulation will result in de facto regulation of industry by increasing costs and eventually...
May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
...’s achievements are largely driven by its low price advantage, a weak point for China’s commercial space sector.” “Competition with India for commercial space launches may be inevitable and the most urgent action needed for China is expand its...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
... spaceflight 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...
April 2019
The changing economics of space
... by entrepreneurial spacecraft operators, looking to provide communications to end users at low cost. This new commercial space environment focuses on cost minimisation and fast production processes. It ably demonstrates the so-called ‘NewSpace...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
... the LSP’s business model. These will increase the probability of creating a viable commercial spaceport that will meet the evolving needs of the commercial space launch industry. Well known launch sites such as Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
... and assembled the key components to build a UK-based launcher business. “I could see that the appetite for commercial space was growing in the UK,” he said. “Meanwhile our engineering heritage, satellite and data experience and academic strength...
