November 2019
The economic promise of space
Between the late 1950s and the late 1960s, humankind seemed poised to take an incredible leap forward, as the Space Age brought stunning technological achievements and captured the imagination of the world. Stephen Kostes explores how space ...
January 2020
Discipline - a formula for success in the Earth observation market EO sector
Like any new technology that has captured the imagination of market influencers and investors, the NewSpace industry is finding itself in the midst of an explosion of interest. We’ve seen this before in the halcyon days of the internet, during the ...
February 2020
‘Witches brew’ of a subordinate space corps
Few will have missed President Trump’s 2018 announcement of a US Space Force, the idea first launched with his Tweet, “Space Force all the way!” The initial plan would have pulled space functions owned by the Air Force, Navy and other military ...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
Spaceports are becoming part of the NewSpace industry around the world, but some people worried about climate change have suggested they could damage the atmosphere and detrimentally affect the climate. In the UK, this has become a ‘local issue’ in ...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
Soon the number of artificial light sources visible across out night skies could outnumber natural stars, a disturbing scenario that would become a reality if ambitious current projects to build mega-constellations of artificial satellites for ...
May 2020
Time to discuss regulations for future interplanetary trade
Although the technical details of trade relations are a mystery to most people, everyone recognises the need for regulation of trading mechanisms here on Earth. But what do we do when it comes to trade between Earth and Mars? In common with trade ...
