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...
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 ...
August 2019
Space investment – from build-up to breakthrough
... industry to find small companies with incredible technologies and simultaneously underwhelming market awareness. Space entrepreneur Jeff Bezos laid out his commercial vision to explore the Moon when he unveiled the design of Blue ...
