June 2019
Space industry prime directive
... have to accept the responsibility for owning and operating a capability that could very easily be passed on to the private sector. Do you think the Russian space agency Roscosmos could take it over? I don’t believe so - I’m being realistic and...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... for the evolution of a common approach to resilience According to UNOOSA, 70 percent of space activities are now led by the private sector. Put another way, 70 percent of space activities are operated under rigorous marginal productivity constraints...
July 2014
The peaceful use of space
... promotes international co-operation among member states and national and international space-related entities, including the private sector. As the global community moves steadily towards the post-2015 development agenda and the new Sustainable...
June 2015
Bringing technology down to earth
...-sourcing of radical ideas amongst students. This approach fosters collaboration between the space, academic and private sectors. Working as part of a collaborative process creates opportunities for taking on the challenges of the future and solving...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
... Commission, the European Defence Agency, national space agencies, universities and research institutions, and the private sector to agree on a common strategy and a shared ‘to do’ list. This strategic roadmap has obtained an unprecedented success...
June 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
... ultimate goal of a Spacebus type vehicle the strategy should be to precede it by a less expensive suborbital spaceplane, affordable by the private sector, profitable in its own right but which has the same basic design features as the longer term...
