...start-up Neutron Star Systems is leading efforts to promote the uptake of superconductor technology within the space industry through the development of superconducting-based subsystems for spacecraft applications. Together with its key partners, the...
... that should be taken seriously and not only by those within the space industry. From my perspective in the risk management industry it seems the potential of extreme space weather to disrupt modern day life on Earth has largely been ignored until...
..., pre-launch, launch and in-orbit coverage At the time of that first space insurance policy, there were no space brokers, no space insurers and precious little space industry, so the policy was placed with the existing aviation insurance community...
...that benefit the planet, and there are a number of promising applications that can potentially revolutionise the space industry, but thorough research and development is required to reach the required technology maturity level. Many of the technology...
... disruptions. Disruption 1: remote working Despite the constancy of the need to provide a skilled workforce, the space industry has encountered a number of major disruptions Virtually overnight, the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated existing workplace...
.... “Looking forward, what will be needed in four to five years, this is one of the most important things in the space industry,” says SkyLabs CEO, Tomaž Rotovnik. Rotovik recognises that his team is small - around 30 people - but praises...