April 2020
Spaceport Cornwall – from protests to sustainability
... planet? And if it isn’t, should it be? How will the average person understand your technology? The space industry needs to help link space to Earth. As the sector commercialises, this will become more and more important as companies look for...
September 2020
Space technology transfer - today and tomorrow
... new markets and new applications, often using new business models. In the context of the space industry this is the process of transferring space know-how and technology into terrestrial business. Technology transfer has the effect of diversifying...
October 2020
Superconductors - key to unlocking high power space missions
...start-up Neutron Star Systems is leading efforts to promote the uptake of superconductor technology within the space industry through the development of superconducting-based subsystems for spacecraft applications. Together with its key partners, the...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
... that should be taken seriously and not only by those within the space industry. From my perspective in the risk management industry it seems the potential of extreme space weather to disrupt modern day life on Earth has largely been ignored until...
March 2022
Smoothing the journey to space with the satellite-as-a-service model
...that benefit the planet, and there are a number of promising applications that can potentially revolutionise the space industry, but thorough research and development is required to reach the required technology maturity level. Many of the technology...
April 2025
Strapped for success - from racetrack to orbit
...cost control, it is imperative to expand the supply chain, involving new companies from different backgrounds in the space industry In a technical sense, the basic quality to achieve the standard requirement for high performance motorsport is so high...
