October 2019
Time to overcome the expendable rocket mindset
... a suborbital flight or about US$60,000, which is about 1000 times less than the cost today. Because advanced new technology is not needed, operational prototypes of a Spacecab-type vehicle could be flying in about seven years. It would take about...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... quantum key encryption and miniaturised propulsion advances for cubesats. The next steps will be to leverage these new technologies in spacecraft for use beyond Earth orbit, expanding the commercial remote sensing market to the Moon, Mars...
January 2021
What it takes to be a space entrepreneur
... from a designated orbital slot. But every once in a while you have a revolution; you have a brand-new technology. An iPhone is a brand-new technology. XM Radio was an example of that, where it was only AM and FM before. It was disruptive. People use...
April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... community would in turn be a testing ground for new technologies - for construction, recycling, local manufacturing and food production...mainstream society. The trick seems to be to identify new technologies which are just at the point where they are...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
... and thereby fostering stronger multi-sector collaboration. It can be particularly beneficial to space where the infusion of new technologies and new solutions in every aspect of the enterprise is crucial to mission success and the safety of crew and...
March 2022
Space travel and environmental sustainability
...development of the past 500 years to its logical conclusion. New technologies are, on balance, more creative than destructive. The immense... the development of the high-tech future. New technology may create new problems, but they can be addressed and ...
