December 2019
Human conception and childbirth in space
Many space agencies and private space companies are preparing missions for human settlements on the Moon and Mars. SpaceBorn United researches the field of human reproduction in space to help enable the conditions that will, one day, make such...
February 2020
Debunking the myths on space patents
... in part thanks to this phenomenon and as interest rates slowly return to their normal levels the impact on new space companies has yet to be seen. Planet’s new state-of-the-art satellite manufacturing factory in San Francisco, opened in September...
19 June 2018
Harwell Space Cluster turbocharges growth in UK’s ‘New Space’ sector
Last week, five ‘New Space’ companies pioneering the latest space hardware, robotics and technology share growth and partnership milestones with investors, industry leaders and British Royalty at the Harwell Campus New Space Showcase. Members of the...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... these two areas. Not surprisingly, the most notable deep space companies to date have been the so-called asteroid mining companies: Planetary Resources (PRI) and Deep Space Industries (DSI) being the most prominent. Previously, Kepler Energy...
January 2023
Private space stations and NASA’s effort to re-invent itself
...no longer developing ‘technical specifications’ in-house; instead, it is producing ‘performance specifications’ from which private space companies develop competitive designs that NASA selects after a detailed review. This article explores the status...
January 2023
LUNAR OASIS – architectural visions for an integrated lunar habitat
... and habitation design, as well as habitability and space psychology, was provided by an extended team of experts from space architecture and engineering, space companies and the European Space Agency. The goal was to experience how designing...
