November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
... airliner. The likelihood therefore that any will achieve a reduction in launch price sufficient to break the current space access paradigm seems rather slim. Nevertheless, there is some evidence for believing that full reusability could be realised...
November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
... industry. Innovative new commercial entrants have significantly lowered the cost of space access, which has in turn opened up further commercial opportunities in space. Artist illustration of SABRE undergoing full test. As the industry develops and...
February 2018
CubeSats changing the landscape for ‘app’ developers
...://www.statista.com/statistics/276623/number-of-apps-available-in-leading-app-stores/ .[Accessed: 15- Sep- 2017]. 1 “CCSDS.org - The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS)”, Ccsds.org, 2017. [Online]. Available: http://www.ccsds...
June 2017
How to build a Moon base cheaply
... base would cost $35 billion to construct and $7.35 billion a year to maintain. It is clear therefore that until the cost of space access is lowered the situation with building a base on the Moon is unlikely to change. Considering the current level...
02 June 2016
XCOR lays off significant part of workforce
... before coming back for a runway landing, has been behind schedule for some time. Speaking at the Space Access ’16 conference in Phoenix on April 8, Doug Jones, chief test engineer and the last of the company’s co-founders still...
September 2016
Small launcher market survey
... ways to monetise systems to bring to market. Effort must be made to reduce the cost of launch to make space accessible to more people. One space investor succinctly stated, “It only takes 15 students in a lab to make a satellite but so much more...
