17 May 2021
European startup to produce oxygen from lunar soil for ESA 2025 mission
... produced in the reaction is then condensed and split to produce oxygen and recover the hydrogen. Although the contract is to develop and deliver a set of 3 reactors Space Applications Systems says it aims to establish a commercially viable lunar...
18 December 2024
EU to launch advanced constellation to counter Musk’s Starlink
... and is intended to ensure Europe's sovereignty and secure connectivity amid increasing global concerns over cybersecurity. A contract to deliver the multi-orbital satellite constellation was signed this week in Brussels by the European Commission...
June 2017
Space economics - industry trends and space investing
... term business plans that have attracted early stage capital for company formations. In addition, early stage contract awards by organisations such as NASA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in the US and others have...
April 2020
Reviving Russia’s space programme
... prejudices of the new cold war triumphing over reality? There is no doubt that the Russian space programme contracted greatly from the end of the 1980s, when it operated the Mir space station, launched satellites weekly...
July 2020
Key technologies for space exploration
... 2021. SNC will complete at least six missions for NASA under the Commercial Resupply Services 2 (CRS-2) contract, utilising Dream Chaser and an attached Shooting Star transport vehicle to carry critical supplies like food, water...
January 2021
Developing the economy of a space nation
... economy battered and bruised. The disease has affected many millions, with over 1.5 million succumbing. I myself contracted Covid-19 and it was so serious that I was nearly admitted to hospital. One member of my family had to be hospitalised and...
