17 June 2024
EU funds research into inflatable heatshield technology
... to demonstrate the feasibility of developing an inflatable heatshield (IHS) for recovering rocket stages from space. The innovative technology could also be adopted to protect precious cargo during re-entry and descent to Earth, and might eventually...
August 2016
Smallsat launch strategy
.... From that garage, we set off to take a different approach to satellite design, and that attitude of nimbleness and innovation permeated into all aspects of the company, especially our launch strategy. Planet is a commercial satellite company now...
May 2017
Humanity is moving towards a new reality
... governance keep up with space technology invention and the disruptive activities of NewSpace companies and constant entrepreneurial innovation? There was a time in human existence when change took millions of years. Then it took thousands of years...
June 2017
European space business incubators and accelerators
..., larger corporates have a growing recognition that accelerators and incubators are a source for cutting-edge innovative products and services. To have a complete picture of the different entrepreneurial space technology ecosystems around Europe...
May 2018
Woman on the Moon
Twenty-first century innovations in space exploration and technology have dramatically changed humanity’s understanding of its place in the universe, yet the ...
February 2019
The challenge of procreation for future off-world settlers
... development. Here, Dr L Joseph Parker examines some of the health problems of low gravity living and offers one innovative solution that might one day provide a viable option for an artificial gravity system. More and more...
