February 2021
On the nature of spacepower
... advantage on the terrestrial battlefield”. The importance of controlling access to outer space resources, for Dolman, cannot be overstated: “the resource potential of space… is so vast that, should any one state gain effective control of it, that...
September 2017
India’s dynamic ecosystem for space entrepreneurship
... which, in turn, is leading to some states actively pursuing investments and creating regulatory frameworks to promote, for example, space resource utilisation. The latest prime movers on this front are states such as Luxembourg and the United Arab...
31 January 2016
Rick Tumlinson Publishes Letter to the Washington Space Establishment
... Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015 is now law, including laying the groundwork for a space resources industry. A year from now at least two space resource companies will be flying experimental spacecraft in Earth orbit as the first steps of a quest...
27 August 2021
China funds 5yr study into kilometre-scale ultra-large spacecraft
... that could be used for a number of purposes including, as a “major strategic aerospace equipment for the future use of space resources", for "exploration of the mysteries of the universe", and for "long-term habitation in orbit”. The project is one...
February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
... for their investors and to provide technologies and systems that will be part of the space settlement toolkit. Being able to manufacture in space and to use space resources are core elements of the critical path. US businessman Robert Bigelow, owner...
August 2019
Space investment – from build-up to breakthrough
... distribution; data collection and key metric predictions supported by remote sensing satellites; industrialisation of space and space resources supported by newly accessible technologies and information; high impact life experiences supported by the...
