10 June 2020
New map boosts chances of finding water on the Moon
... propellant and used as rocket fuel. Manufacturing propellants in space eliminates the need to transport fuel as heavy payload from Earth, thus dramatically lowering the cost of space transportation beyond low Earth orbit; benefits that will also aid...
November 2017
Reusable air-launch and the space access paradigm
... well over a thousand times the cost of its propellant, and this is why many believe that a mature space transportation system has to be reusable. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the rocket equation, the goal of reusability creates a fundamental...
June 2015
Innovation at escape velocity: from NASA’s Apollo to SpaceX
... advantage of rapid prototyping to compete in the marketplace as soon as possible and to speed a much broader availability of space transportation than had been available in the past.13 The demand side of the equation is also important in driving...
February 2016
The Benefits of a British Spaceport
... address is the name ‘spaceplanes’. Both UK Department for Transport (DfT) and CAA legal experts classify spaceplanes as ‘aircraft... during 2016. The Lynx is a two-seat, piloted space transport vehicle that will take people and payloads on a half-hour...
April 2018
Transforming the launch market for small spacecraft
... the point when its demands for a dedicated launch are in the process of being addressed by the commercial space transportation industry. At present, a number of small commercial launchers are under development to meet the needs of the growing market...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... Analyst and Coordinator of Space Transportation at the Brazilian Space Agency, coordinating economic studies on the space sector, the commercialisation of the Alcantara Space Center, economic regulations and their impact on space sector. She has...
