March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
... use in the long run, companies such as Planetary Resources should be mentioned. It has already attracted a significant amount of investment, which shows us that goals that have not been reached by traditional space industry – serviced space, mining...
September 2016
Moon or Mars - how logical is NASA’s next step?
... the plans and technology to mine asteroids. Google has invested in SpaceX and Google co-founder Larry Page was an ... products and means of shipping built the fortunes that would invest in private company ships, armies, diplomats, fortresses, and...
September 2017
Australia’s ambitious home-grown space industry
... an Atlas V rocket bound for the International Space Station (ISS). Aussie innovation An AUD$500 million investment is being made to improve Australia’s space-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities Cuberider, a Sydney start...
October 2018
Mining the Moon for fun and profit
...with the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) programme. For the purposes of comparison, a US$800 million NASA investment in the development and fabrication is assumed. All costs were scaled to reflect the additional demand. In this case...
