February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
...is looming over them and whose powerful momentum is about to change everything. Some say it is about commercial space. Some describe it as New Space versus Old Space. Some see it as a new gold rush led by the wealthy. It is neither and it is all. The...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
... would never move forward without looking forward. As reusable rockets, 3D-printed engines, software-defined satellites and commercial space station supply missions become the norm, the industry is looking beyond the status quo. Indeed, it would...
16 July 2021
NASA's $25 billion FY2022 funding bill is approved
... companies to build their own and is assisting the effort by providing funding for initial studies of commercial space stations that could ultimately be used by NASA through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs). The agency expects to award ...
October 2024
Space industry trajectory under the spotlight of cultural anthropology
... leave Earth is one our entire planet is facing as we get closer and closer to the goals shared by so many commercial space companies. But it is a decision that very few get a say in. Expansive dreams What would it do to humankind’s collective psyche...
August 2018
America’s ‘dream machine’
... at how could we do shuttle 2.0. We were fortunate to have a small and strong team based in California. At that time the commercial space industry barely existed - it was the very early days of what we know today as ‘entrepreneurial...
November 2019
Strategic role of government in space commercialisation
... “the return of humans to the Moon for long-term exploration and utilisation”, and “the growth of a US commercial space sector that supports US needs, is globally competitive, and advances US leadership in the generation of new markets and innovation...
