January 2021
What it takes to be a space entrepreneur
... to Levin about creativity, good ideas and entrepreneurialism in the space industry. What does it mean to be an entrepreneur? I think sometimes people misinterpret what entrepreneurs are. The biggest misunderstanding is that they’re crazy risk-takers...
July 2020
The four horsemen of space finance
...them on a path of less independence in the future. Many entrepreneurs leading NewSpace companies therefore shy away from this type of capital,... best known of the crowdfunding platforms hosting space funding campaigns, including the Planetary Society’s...
October 2020
Pandemic impacts - the state of the ground segment
... investors are primarily interested in achieving return on capital, and the mission of the space entrepreneur is a distant second priority As a key part of the space community, ground segment operators are affected as much as any other segment and...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
... a lot about billionaire space entrepreneurs in the United States and Europe, most people have limited knowledge about the rapid space advancements now taking place within China. Here, Josephine Millward examines China’s space strategy, technological...
March 2016
Space Mining – the Reality of Tomorrow?
... of Korea, Thailand, etc - will outstrip those of the US and Europe. Space technology grows more amazing every day and the ambitions of new private space entrepreneurs just keep growing in leaps and bounds As these developing economies get...
May 2019
The inadequacies and dangers of modern rocket technology
In this open ‘letter’ to space entrepreneurs Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, as well as to all those who intend to proceed with large-scale space commercialisation using carrier rockets, engineer Anatoli Yunitski calls for a complete reappraisal of our ...
