..., when signed and ratified, did not adequately account for the future space reality – Moon colonisation, space tourism, asteroid mining, Mars inhabitance and other space-based activity. A significant portion of this new activity will take place...
... than just an intellectual exercise and he expects it to influence policy and practices “as governments and corporations talk about space tourism, asteroid mining and cities on Mars”. The text (indeed, there are no illustrations) is split into three...
...Branson, Virgin Orbit is a branch of the billionaire’s Virgin Group of companies, which also includes the Virgin Galactic space tourism firm. Its main focus is the deployment of satellites. Unlike ‘traditional’ rockets which blast off vertically from...
..., then a subsidiary of EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) began developing the vehicle. Development slowed down in... known as Astrium being included in the Airbus Defence and Space division. In June 2014, Airbus tested a quarter-scale...
... thought of as stable, even staid, can be disrupted. Space sector innovation doesn’t just affect Earth in terms of new ...Earth can handle the introduction of a concept such as space tourism – something that seemed completely radical not very long ago...
..., as its main rival, Virgin Galactic, does not expect to fly private customers until 2022. “When it comes to space tourism, no one has done it as carefully and rigorously as Blue Origin,” said Thomas Markusic, chief executive of Firefly Aerospace...