April 2024
ROOM at the 74th International Astronautical Congress
...staff at IAC 2023 in Baku. About the author Mark Williamson is an independent Space Technology Consultant to the space industry, space insurance and space education sectors. As a chartered physicist and chartered engineer, he has 40 years’ experience...
18 May 2020
India opens its space industry to private firms and start-ups
.... Although companies like Skyroot Aerospace, Solar Industries India, L&T and Godrej Space are already working with ISRO on rocket systems and other space-related technologies, India now wants to boost its space sector further by letting more private...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
... up with the pace of technological change. The general public and the space industry have become used to seeing the Moon as a dead rock, while the Committee on Space Research’s Planetary Protection Policy has no requirement to protect the Moon...
April 2025
South Korea’s rising rocket star
... and consultant to the space industry, space insurance and space education sectors. He is the author of six books, including The Cambridge Dictionary of Space Technology and Space: The Fragile Frontier, has edited three space industry magazines and...
12 October 2015
Rocking the vision of a new space revolution with Rick Tumlinson at TEDxESA
A new space industry revolution Rick is a real space entrepreneur who co-founded Deep Space Industries, an asteroid mining company; a space suit company (Orbital Outfitters); and several other space projects and organisations, including the New ...
February 2021
Space archaeology - preserving our orbital heritage
... mission four. Challenges There are many challenges facing the orbital heritage of the space industry. The need to remove the smaller sub-10 cm space debris along with larger outdated or defunct hardware to free up key orbits is pressing. Significant...
