August 2016
Are the days of innovation in global space over - or just beginning?
... space activity is driven by the private sector’s need for efficient, safe and timely launch facilities. Innovation and technological advancement are being powered by the need to provide the best service to the private sector and to find...
October 2017
Back to the future - heeding the lessons of history
... weak or inconsistent economic growth - and all the social issues it spawned - because of the limited focus of our technological innovation since 1970. Space development could have driven, and still can drive, significant economic expansion because...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
... set to play an important role in driving the small satellite revolution ThrustMe has combined its thruster technology innovations with in-house expertise in electronics and fluid dynamics to develop a complete, stand-alone propulsion system. In the...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
... development. Today there is a school of thought holding that economic growth has been stifled by the particular focus of technological innovation since the 1970s. For example, in The Rise and Fall of American Growth economist Robert Gordon explains...
June 2015
Space, secular stagnation, and the economic crisis
... the discovery of new land and resources, and technological innovation. Then came the Second World War with its ...associated post-war baby boom and the explosion of technological innovation. The effect was to render his solutions moot. However...
November 2019
Space kaleidoscope - towards a genuine multi-messenger exploration
... and the inclusion of women are essential for achieving an inclusive normative framework for “space science, technology, innovation and exploration.” This aligns with UNOOSA’s vision to “bring the benefits of space to humankind.” Narratives are...
