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...
19 March 2021
World's first commercial space debris removal demo set for launch
Satellite servicing firm Astroscale is getting ready to launch its ELSA-d mission – the world’s first commercial demonstration of space debris docking, capture and removal in lower earth orbit (LEO). This ground-breaking mission will launch ...
02 April 2021
SNC unveils plan to build its own commercial space station
... suggest that Russia might follow suit later down the line. And, last year Axiom Space became the first commercial company to announce it would be constructing its own station in low Earth Orbit that will serve...
March 2016
Mining outer space may be cool but is it legal?
... license to mine an asteroid. The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Office of Commercial Space (AST) does provide ‘payload reviews’ for objects to be launched into space by US carriers but FAA’s jurisdiction is limited to ‘launch’ and ‘re-entry...
November 2016
Turning the Solar System into our backyard
... and entrepreneurs - consisting of close to 80 representatives from 43 different space and non-space organisations to witness first-hand the emergence of the commercial space sector and Disrupt Space’s role as the global hub for these activities. The...
