March 2016
Space industrialisation needs balanced legal and policy approach
... under the international treaty regime, it is necessary to fulfil the commercial ambitions of the Federal Government and the private sector alike. It is no secret that the rules governing outer space activities are as widely respected as they are...
November 2016
Microgravity and space research: Bringing the commercial market into focus
... topics by the American government. Convinced that low Earth orbit (LEO) utilisation would be taken over by the private sector and with a desire to focus public funding towards further space exploration, the US Congress made the International...
July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
..., what is the role of governments in leading the human exploration of deep space and what is the role of the private sector? Naser Al Rashedi First of all, what’s the point of space if we’re not ambitious? What’s the point of space if we’re not...
October 2019
Space-based cybersecurity challenges for NATO
... the attention it deserves. This is particularly true in regard to the so-called NewSpace revolution, the growing role of the private sector in space. For example, during the Iraq war of 2003–2011, there was a 560 percent increase in US reliance...
October 2019
Skyrora – building on British space heritage
... members of the UK space industry from the public and private sectors. With the UK government aiming to make Britain a launch...taken an active role in various areas of UK space sector development, including the Scottish Space Leadership Council, Cross-...
October 2025
Europe’s unified vision for space governance and growth
... autonomy. “The mission now is to turn this vision into reality,” he concluded. Industry in transformation From the private sector, Isabelle Mauro, Director General of GSOA, the non-profit Global Satellite Operator’s Association, offered a pragmatic...
