August 2018
UAE’s ambitious plans for space sector growth
Salem Al Marri, the Assistant Director General for Scientific & Technical Affairs at Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre, met up with ROOM’s managing editor Clive Simpson during the 2017 International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, ...
November 2018
Connecting and collaborating for innovation
... Catapult, and a thriving community of commercial companies. To aid the development of an ecosystem that promotes company growth and the commercialisation of new ideas, we have established clusters focused on the key disciplines of Space, Healthcare...
July 2019
Next steps in human space exploration
... Global Space Congress which highlighted the global space economy and opportunities for its development and growth. Presentations focussed on the United Arab Emirates’ expanding international interests in space exploration and development, including...
August 2020
Opportunities for young people in the space sector
... (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). The global space sector has seen, on average, a 6.7 per cent annual growth since 2005. With this trend set to continue, it is important that young people are informed and educated...
January 2021
Safeguarding space - lessons from decommissioning in the energy industry
The exponential growth in debris and news of near-miss collisions in low Earth orbit are grabbing the headlines, but practical ...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
... sectors depend on a reliable electricity supply. Global annual electricity consumption is growing faster than the population growth - 60 percent against 20 percent – and, in 2018, electricity consumption grew nearly twice as fast as the overall...
