25 September 2020
The Consequential Frontier - Challenging the Privatization of Space
... is the background of the author. Most books on space privatisation, space tourism, space law and the space environment have been written by space professionals keen to highlight the inadequacies of the Outer Space Treaty or the effect of the Kessler...
January 2017
Elon Musk and Mars - looking for a snowball effect
...continue to remain absent, demanding a step-by-step approach. The main steps should be obvious enough: A build-up of commercial space tourism to hotels in low Earth orbit. Between 2001 and 2009 the pioneers of private passenger spaceflight made eight...
09 April 2019
US space chiefs justify ambitious exploration plans
... weather,” Ross said. “But we also anticipate new market segments like robotics, additive manufacturing, satellite servicing, space tourism, debris removal and resource mining.” The Commerce Department expects to take the lead role...
27 January 2021
Axiom Space unveils crew for first private ISS mission
...does fall into the category of space tourism. “We absolutely do not believe that we’re space tourists,” Connor told CNBC. The ... to support López-Alegría, who has already flown to space in four previous NASA missions. John Shoffner, a commercial ...
02 April 2021
SNC unveils plan to build its own commercial space station
... project, will be used to construct a full-blown space station, said the company at press conference Wednesday. For...habitat concept and prototype along with five other prominent space industry heavyweights, under the agency’s public-private funding ...
10 October 2018
Space techpreneur to set up over $100m venture unit
... right now. We’ll definitely see the rise of new startups and businesses in the future focusing on commercial space flights, space tourism and in-space manufacturing.” He added, “The moon is our next explorable colony beyond Earth. So we set a goal...
