September 2026
Can Starlab offer Europe a future in Earth orbit?
..., however, is whether launch economics and operational costs decline quickly enough to make such ambitions commercially attractive. Space manufacturing still faces uncomfortable mathematics and regulatory approval for pharmaceutical products...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... being contemplated in the United States, a classic chicken and egg scenario emerged. Space resources and space manufacturing are promising areas for deep space investment Regional rail providers had limited and isolated markets that were successful...
January 2018
Creating a viable cislunar economy
.... Hence, information will be a major export from Earth to cislunar space. This information will take the form of instructions and product designs for in-space manufacturing facilities as well as information to keep the cislunar economy humming along...
25 June 2025
UK government unveils industrial strategy
... and export opportunities,” Shave added. The new plan was welcomed by Airbus, one of the country’s biggest space manufacturers. A company spokesperson said Airbus was “delighted to see a long-term vision built on a genuine partnership with industry...
October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
... dictates that when technology eliminates lower skilled jobs, higher skilled jobs are created in their place. Space manufacturing would also have had access to virtually unlimited resources on the Moon, the asteroid belt and even...
January 2020
Venture capital investment in space
... the real enabler is the lower cost of launch, which will allow the construction of giant solar farms in space, manufacturing in space and so on. In the further future, when we consider, for example, the ambitions of Asgardia the...
