July 2014
A revitalised space sector reduces costs and makes space data more accessible
... of new applications and services based on the expanding space infrastructure, history suggests that the main engine of growth is likely to be new, focused, innovative companies that are best positioned to seize the emerging opportunities. There may...
June 2015
Innovation at escape velocity: from NASA’s Apollo to SpaceX
... thereof) act as economic constraints, limiting the growth of municipalities, industries, and forcing subsistence-level ... Call for Ideas: Space Exploration As A Driver for Growth and Competitiveness: Opportunities for the Private Sector, (accessed on...
January 2017
Elon Musk and Mars - looking for a snowball effect
... require several decades of development. Therefore, the painstaking growth of a space economy with high levels of traffic...applaud his speech, and urge everyone interested in the future growth and prosperity of humankind to support his broad vision, ...
May 2017
Growing plants without gravity
... horticultural equipment used many of these experiments failed. The best result of that period was the successful growth of arabidopsis (a member of the mustard family) seeds on the Saylut-7 orbital station in a Phiton-3 apparatus in 1982. But many...
March 2018
Enabling private sector success in space - SGAC perspective
... by Europe and the world; foster a globally competitive European space sector by supporting research, innovation, entrepreneurship for growth and jobs, seizing larger shares of global markets; and ensure European autonomy in accessing and using space...
July 2018
Rediscovering UK sovereign launch capability
... indeed multiple spaceports). The SIA is intended to create the necessary legal framework for the expansion and growth of the UK space industry. In an industry that is subject to such rapid change and accelerated development, once the UK Government...
