September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... age of the state leading the way in scientific and technological development is ending - and the age of private commercial firms just beginning. Multinational corporations and billionaires are operating in tandem and outside of the direct oversight...
February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
... of us at the smaller end of this community, do indeed work with government funds at times but are also working on commercial projects and have to follow the rules of business.. Technical and industrial capabilities must be combined with enlightened...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
...Station in less than a year using its International Commercial Experiment Cubes service. ‘ICE Cubes’ could allow access...potential ways forward and is seeking to establish marketable commercial space exploration initiatives and to boost the spill-over ...
November 2017
Japanese space industrial policy in transition
... from the traditional big satellite and launcher businesses of yesterday toward an ecosystem of small satellite constellations and commercial ventures. The success of SpaceX as a non-traditional launch company with its recycled first stage and the...