March 2015
Congested, contested, and invested: of space debris, risky launches and private initiative
... staggering. However, the risks faced by business managers in the commercial space world do not end there. Junk in heavily used orbits In...Graphics, Inc. announced the establishment of the Commercial Space Operations Center, which plans to offer paid ...
March 2017
Space is open for business
... US there is a tremendous amount of risk taken. It takes some guts, passion and long term commitment going after commercial space,” he added. Public-private partnerships seem to be the key for low Earth orbit operations. “The end users...
June 2017
Space economics - industry trends and space investing
... in that process and some of the protectionism surrounding jobs being lessened, but also because ultimately the commercial space sector will become an even more mainstream topic for citizens. Increasingly the constituencies in countries around the...
October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
...instance, instead of disappearing, manufacturing would have evolved into a more technologically advanced version suited for commercial space activities. Such technological innovation would have created new jobs instead of destroying them, as economic...
July 2020
Covid-19 infects global space community
... On the brighter side, there is support for commercial space companies from the likes of the US Government and the European Space Agency. The US DoD is committed to supporting the commercial space industry, simply because the Government requires...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... opportunities, the signing of the US-Brazil Technological Safeguards Agreement (TSA) in 2019 was a turning point for the commercial space sector in Brazil, allowing for the launch of rockets containing US technology from the Alcântara Launch Center...
