October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
...deep space, we need to do more than develop new technology. Humans must come to terms with the idea ...Mars 2020 rover, which will carry an experiment to investigate the technology needed to extract oxygen from the carbon dioxide rich atmosphere of Mars...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... 3D Printed satellite in February 2014 But the space mining industry can also aid in producing and perfecting new technologies that could assist with other types of space missions, or produce innovations that can find useful implementation...
August 2016
Commercial space development spurs trend for public-private collaboration
... nations to reap the benefits from supporting companies that are generating new technologies, access to scarce resources, scientific discoveries, employment and new sources of taxable revenue. Before Planetary Resources can extract materials from...
... initial ‘blue-sky’ concepts into working prototypes. Higher level technology development is supported through the optional General Support Technology Programme (GSTP), maturing new technologies for space and the marketplace and honing industrial...