... forecast and analysis up to 2036. Spaceport development across the globe becomes an essential element to further reduce cost by avoiding costly transport of satellites to launch pads in the USA, French Guiana, Russia or Japan, and increase launch...
... air-breathing flight segments, will enable aircraft-like horizontal take-off and landing operations, reducing cost, infrastructure and mission timelines, while increasing responsiveness and system reusability. Reaction Engines is a UK-based company...
... to the First Cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin!” In the 1980s and 1990s it was assumed that it would be possible to reduce costs in the space sector in the same ways as in other industries: implement economies of scale; apply vertical integration in order...
...troposphere itself, creating an airborne laboratory. During the reduced gravity phases, researchers flying onboard the aircraft can ...situ on their experiments at a significantly reduced cost. A French medicalsurgical team successfully demonstrated ...
... in ground support. Doing so would save days in launch preparation, significantly opening up launch provider options and reducing costs. People also want to be able to test themselves and test often throughout integration. This means being able...
... emergency. The decision to outsource services may thus be driven by purely financial or economic motives, as LSOs seek to reduce costs and enhance their commercial competitiveness. The positive aspect of this is that outsourcing the firefighting and...