October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
...the world. Non-traditional actors are contributing to a rapidly growing sector encompassing everything from suborbital space tourism to commercial space stations and even lunar landers. Key to this is the increasing number of companies from small and...
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 ...
22 October 2021
Nanoracks announces plans to launch its orbital space station, Starlab, in 2027
...the first-ever free flying commercial space station in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin. Called Starlab, Nanoracks say the space station “will be a continuously crewed commercial platform, dedicated to conducting critical research...
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...
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...
