October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
...These confirmed that Houston was well placed to participate in commercial space activities such as aerospace engineering, component/composite development and fabrication, space vehicle assembly, astronaut training, zero-gravity scientific and medical...
October 2015
Down to Earth: how to deorbit satellites and save money
...technology that our daily lives would drastically change should space activities suffer any setbacks. But like the automobile industry in its early stages, space activity is evolving at an increasing rate with little or no regard to preserving a safe...
August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
...as competition increases for capital and private investment, it could be argued that recent innovation in state-based space activity is driven by the private sector’s need for efficient, safe and timely launch facilities. Innovation and technological...
September 2016
Co-operating in space transcends national identity
... Galileo, Europe continues to move along this path. It is right to be aware of the dual military and civil character of space activities - and Europe’s approach is right in this regard. It is necessary to take stock of the evolution and even the...
