August 2016
Space stations - drivers of cooperation
... and political debate, many nations and their national agencies aspire to reach the stars. This is reflected in space programmes across the world that pump in vast amounts of money and resources towards similar goals of interplanetary exploration...
November 2019
Strategic role of government in space commercialisation
...that of other government economic policy instruments in achieving commercialisation policy goals for government-led space programmes. As part of US Space Policy Directive-1, the President of the United States set two objectives: “the return of humans...
January 2023
China’s space ambitions fuel defence spending and global innovation
... power and it is on track to become the dominant economic and military force by 2045, surpassing Russia by 2030. Its space programme has made tremendous progress over the last few decades as a result of government policy prioritisation and execution...
August 2019
Architectural challenges of a Moon village
The concept of a ‘Moon village’, introduced in 2016 by Director General of the European Space Agency, Jan Wörner, isn’t an active project or a space programme in the traditional sense. Rather, it represents an intention or vision for spaceflight and...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
...the Apollo era, short-sighted US politicians gutted the space programme. President Donald Trump has substantially increased NASA’s budget, ... era, short-sighted US politicians gutted the space programme Europe, India and China have seen the vision...
June 2021
China’s ascending commercial space sector
... of Sciences (CAS); China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the main contractor for the Chinese space programme; and China Aerospace Science & Industry Corporation (CASIC), a state-owned enterprise that designs, develops and...
