March 2015
A boom and a (possible) bust in small spacecraft production
... of relatively low-cost business models can enter the market occupied by large vertically integrated companies. The prospects of using small spacecraft are directly related to improving serial production, increasing market-oriented data flow and...
June 2015
Training space tourists to fly to the ISS at the Gagarin Centre
... State Russian Science & Research Experimental Cosmonaut Training Centre, 2008. 2 Concepts, trends and prospects of development of international manned space flight. B. I. Kryuchkov, A. A. Kuritsyn, V. I. Yarpolov. Federal State Institution, The...
June 2015
Great expectations: launch markets, SpaceX, China, and other new players
... not gone unanswered. After much searching, the European Space Agency has settled on a look for its prospective launch vehicle, Ariane-6, which is meant to cater to the needs of both market sectors, as well as reflect the desire...
October 2015
Houston, we have a Spaceport
...from the large corporations to small single-focus start-ups, in an environment of innovation and collaboration is an exciting prospect that will lead to the development of new technologies and new partnerships. In addition, the close association with...
October 2015
Green cosmonautics: an ideal to strive for
... Kondratieva / edited by M.M. Penkov. – St. Petersburg: A.F. Mozhaisky Military Space Academy 2014 - S. 470-484. 6: V.Y. Klyushnikov: Prospects for the introduction of “green technologies” in the missile and space sectors // Works from the Russian...
February 2016
How to Build Planets
... be mistaken for a planet carving out a hole in the disc. “Finding rings is not enough,” warns Gonzalez. “It is a exciting prospect that rings are the result of planet formation, but our simulations suggest this is not always the...
