November 2019
The economic promise of space
... of coal, oil, natural gas or nuclear energy. Moreover, significant investment in SPS will enable in-space manufacturing. To make space industry profitable, cheap energy will be required to power the extraction of raw materials from mining sites...
April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
... when hydrazine is used, as Intelsat experienced directly when it bought a ride on the Long March 3B. So, naturally, the space industry needs a better option. Satellites must have some sort of propulsion to enable them to de-orbit, thus fighting the...
January 2021
What it takes to be a space entrepreneur
... loneliness of pushing the new idea I think there’s a need for getting things done as fast as we can in the space industry, whether it’s military or commercial or civil, but the challenge is how to do it while also maintaining the quality that...
February 2021
In-orbit servicing and insurance – a marriage of convenience?
... for decades, but now that the technology has finally come of age it is also being welcomed by the space industries of many spacefaring countries. Among the reasons for this admittedly guarded welcome is the promise of in-orbit servicing...
March 2021
Eyes on the prize
... their growth, can support them to achieve great things. The UK government is making huge investments in the British space industry, one example being its £400 million investment in OneWeb. Post-Brexit it has pledged to double down on its...
January 2022
De Ayrshire ad Astra
... often set their sights on launching from new locations with the aim of stimulating the growth of a local space industry with government support; or they hope to gain a commercial advantage by offering launch services within the same country...
