February 2019
The Space Elevator – an alternative path to space?
...large upfront investment. Successfully competing with rockets in their latest incarnations (in the form of the SpaceX BFR, Blue Origin NewGlenn, NASA SLS, not to mention aerospike engines) is tough. Developing space infrastructure such as space solar...
April 2019
Building the UK’s first spaceport
... a spaceport which allows vehicles and people to return safely. This is currently being established by companies such as Blue Origin and SpaceX but can potentially add a great deal of complexity to a spaceport design and its operations. A horizontal...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
... century than building rockets. Witness the success of Jeff Bezos with Amazon, versus his ongoing investment in Blue Origin. But Bezos himself is bullish on space colonisation for similar reasons. His stated desire is to have millions of people...
August 2019
Space investment – from build-up to breakthrough
... entrepreneur Jeff Bezos laid out his commercial vision to explore the Moon when he unveiled the design of Blue Origin’s proposed ‘Blue Moon’ lunar lander in Washington on 9 May 2019. Success and failure The opportunities and successes visible...
April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... past experience of private US launch vehicle businesses: Development of suborbital manned and unmanned launchers (Virgin Galactic & Blue Origin) has so far taken about 15-19 years and required $500 million+ of investment Development of orbital small...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... potentially fulfilling billionaire Elon Musk’s dream of colonising Mars. Other heavy rocket launches include ULA’s Vulcan, Blue Origin’s New Glenn, as well as Europe’s Ariane 6 and Japan’s H3. Small launch providers Relativity and ABL Space Systems...
