March 2016
Building Confidence and Reducing Risk in Space Resources Policy
... by the commercial players. It also increases the risk for political friction between nations over the potential economic benefits of space resources. One of Planetary Resources’ targets is an X-type asteroid which may contain more platinum than has...
28 July 2017
Japan's first privately developed rocket launches tomorrow
... a nose-dive into the sea upon its return. Interstellar technologies mission is to “change the economics of Space Launch Services, making it more economic to existing customers and accessible to entirely new markets,” and it aims to achieve this with...
12 May 2021
ESA signs contract with Swiss agency to clean space debris
...presents a looming threat to our presence in space-human and infrastructural alike. An April report 'Space Sustainability: The Economics of Space Debris in Perspective' from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) identifies...
May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... rocket Starship. If successful, Starship will be the most powerful rocket ever built and will change the economics of space, since it can carry up 150 tons of payload on a reusable rocket, taking people and cargo to the Moon and...
16 September 2020
Spaceport developers form new alliance to accelerate UK growth
... issues, which the sector as a whole needs to solve to enable everyone to grow and secure the significant economic opportunities space can offer to UK industry. We are delighted to sponsor and chair this initiative. “The international race to build...
June 2015
Promoting growth at geostationary orbit with a one-stop-shop
...the geo platform. Working with help from the European Space Agency’s Advanced Research In Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) programme,...business case. In terms of changing the economics of space, thinking is evolving. Technology is becoming available...
