October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
... do this, however, we need to enable the construction of a cislunar infrastructure and space enterprise as, despite the ‘billionaire cavalry’ (as Rick Tumlinson of Deep Space Industries likes to call them) of Musk, Bezos, Branson, et al, they cannot...
August 2020
Scorpion – a study of the possible
... naturally to consideration of the project’s legacy and what has happened to spaceflight since. The size of the space industry and the services it now provides is unquestionably impressive, as is the improvement in satellite technology. But this new...
September 2025
Iran’s ascent - a space power in the shadow of sanctions
... the world’s new space powers. Indeed, a recent review, entitled ‘State of the space industrial base, 2024’ [New Space Nexus, 2025] considered...reprisal, seized foreign assets of the Great Wall Industry Company which arranged the deal. Since then, ...
19 March 2021
World's first commercial space debris removal demo set for launch
...’s IOCC facility. In return, the UK hopes the move will attract both local and international in-orbit servicing space industry partners to apply for licences under UK legislation and regulation. “The removal of hazardous...