April 2024
Agencia Espacial Española – Spain’s future assurance
... political landscape as well as with legislation regulating the practical aspects of space-related businesses. These are tools that many countries with a space programme are working with. Spain should be no different.” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson...
August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
... module - it was launched relatively late in the ISS programme and has a longer remaining working life. If the CSS... other choice except for joining the US deep-space exploration programme, which almost means relinquishing human spaceflight activities ...
August 2016
Polish Space Agency pursues task of developing country’s space expertise
... fee in ESA, as was predicted. This is all due to the fact that, in practice, contracts from the European space programme funded by the EU are only awarded to companies and scientists from ESA members, which Poland helps to fund...
February 2017
UN strategy lifts capacity for non-spacefaring countries
...which do not have sufficient infrastructure or financial backing for their own space programme, gives more countries access to space and the ability to use space technology as a tool for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Diplomacy...
October 2017
Can Australia’s space industry overcome years of political setback?
... back and allowing the free market to drive the development of a space programme. A national space policy must be developed in broad consultation not just with the Australian space community but also including key international actors, major and...
May 2019
Cold comfort for astronauts
...German rocket team spearheaded rocket development and introduced a controlling, detail-oriented culture to NASA. The human space programme started with two Air Force-contributed large intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) rockets, Atlas and Titan...
