May 2019
The inadequacies and dangers of modern rocket technology
...objects, with the biosphere. There is no such ecological niche for the technosphere on Earth - but it is available in space, starting at a distance of 100 km from the planet’s surface, where there are ideal conditions for most technological processes...
13 July 2022
Sustainability ethos is key driver for UK microgravity firm
Ambitious space-start-up Gravitilab is leading the race to establish the first vertical launch site in England close to the nerve centre of the UK space industry. Operating from a former RAF base in the wilds of North Norfolk, the firm also plans...
June 2022
In-orbit servicing and the future of the space industry
...develop interoperable standards and procedures, define new space traffic management guidelines together with institutions and ...from a lack of heritage, a surreal ‘Catch-22’ that all space start-ups must go through. In the case of satellite servicing, ...