October 2019
Reusability is key to expanding future space launch business
.... We need to learn how to live and work there and that requires a large lander with the capability to exploit resources on the lunar surface Again, we’re taking a lot of the technology from New Shepard in designing a lunar lander...
January 2020
Small body missions unveil interplanetary secrets
...Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act that explicitly allows US citizens to “engage in the commercial exploration and exploitation of space resources (including ... water and minerals)”. Luxembourg also passed a law in 2017 that gives companies...
January 2020
Collaborating to harness space innovation in healthcare
... the commonly used analogue worm C. elegans As a partner in ‘Bioreactor Express’, a new initiative aimed at the commercial exploitation of an incubator facility on the ISS. As well as being a technology driver, the space environment is also a unique...
April 2020
Lunar artefact – a time capsule for the future
...for hundreds of thousands of years and to communicate with future humans. The design and creation of MoonArk exploited innovations in materials science, technology and the arts and manufacturers pushed the boundaries of digital fabrication techniques...
October 2020
Open Source Space
...and supporters and has opportunities for individuals, teams and organisations to be involved in the development and exploitation of the satellite platform as well as the growing ecosystem. It is very exciting to be at the intersection of what started...
October 2020
Connecting the global space community
... and propelling the space economy Thirdly, the IAF seeks to influence and foster global space advocacy. By exploiting the rising popularity and increasing democratisation of space, the IAF will expand its effort by reaching out...
