October 2020
Open Source Space
... few years have seen the topic of sustainability - in both a business and environmental sense - become prominent in the space industry. There has been a substantial increase in the quantity and value of funding and investment streams available for...
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...
November 2021
Space insurance and the future of risk management
..., pre-launch, launch and in-orbit coverage At the time of that first space insurance policy, there were no space brokers, no space insurers and precious little space industry, so the policy was placed with the existing aviation insurance community...
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...
May 2022
Redefining the space professional – disruptions in the space sector workforce
... disruptions. Disruption 1: remote working Despite the constancy of the need to provide a skilled workforce, the space industry has encountered a number of major disruptions Virtually overnight, the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated existing workplace...
