March 2016
Resource Prospector – a Lunar Pathfinder
...missions. Two lunar missions, for example, both need a launch vehicle and a lander to begin their missions on the surface .... NASA would provide the rover, ISRU payload and launch vehicle, while an international or commercial partner would provide the...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... it to the connector-equipped satellite, and plug it in. Robotic servicers could also help bring new, low-cost launch vehicles into space logistics systems. Most of the new rockets have payload capacities of only a few hundred kilograms...
July 2019
Developing life support systems for human exploration missions beyond Earth
..., the supply chain will be able to utilise a much larger suite of capabilities of both government and commercial launch vehicles. The campaign architecture will also serve as a platform to help validate new self-sufficiency capabilities that maintain...
May 2020
Iran - emerging space state or threat to world peace?
... ballistic missiles and space launchers is still shrouded in secrecy. The development of its own space launch vehicle, which could be used to launch its own satellites, began after the establishment of the Iranian Space Agency in 2004. On 25 February...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
...has been disrupted by SpaceX, with its Falcon 9 launch vehicle designed with reusable first stages and payload fairings. Smallsats ...can be met cost effectively will be through reusable launch vehicles. A concept for constructing a lunar base using ...
July 2021
Commercial space stations - fulfilling the dream
... that comprises the platform including life support systems. The only thing we don’t have right now is a launch vehicle, but everything else we’ll be able to provide. Artist’s rendering of SNC’s LIFE habitat in orbit. About the interviewees Janet...
