January 2019
Materials make the space mission
..., through AM and parallel manufacturing breakthroughs, to reshape the supply chain of the European space sector. These new technologies allow the creation of advanced and highly competitive space products while also optimising existing industrial...
November 2019
Strategic role of government in space commercialisation
.... Moreover, such an approach would enable innovative, streamlined and cost-effective options, and push forward new technological developments. Increasing the number of solutions-based contracts could also foster the growth of private space markets...
August 2021
Robotic systems for psychological support
... to the Space Station in April 2019, Astrobee is a free-flying robot system that will help researchers test new technologies in zero gravity and perform routine work alongside astronauts. The control system for displaying mimic images...
September 2023
From the Earth to Mars
... sector. The result was efficiency in costs and agility in innovation, with governments as customers, not operators of the new technologies. So why has rocket travel been treated differently - with a total reliance on public funding and the whims...
November 2025
Searching for life beyond Earth
... first big clues. You’ve led major efforts to develop new technologies for detecting life. What’s next on the horizon for ...a variety of compounds. What’s exciting is that this kind of technology could be adapted not just for Venus, but for many other ...
September 2026
A forum for humanity’s future
... increases in orbit and beyond, questions surrounding sustainability, resources, inequality and the social consequences of new technologies will become ever more interconnected with terrestrial concerns. The broader principle underlying ECOSOC – that...
