July 2021
Collaboration and competition in lunar exploration
...the recent contract to SpaceX for the development of the Human Landing System (HLS); and ESA’s Commercial Partnerships and Commercial Lunar Mission Support Services (CLMSS) for the provision of lunar communications and navigation services. A European...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
... and other combustible propellants, and the integration of airspace operations between general aviation, military operations and commercial spaceflight. All these challenges were discussed and plans put in place to satisfy the requirements of the FAA...
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...
