September 2019
Space cybersecurity - why we mustn’t forget the basics
... are seeing this and likely beginning to retool their cyber capabilities to leverage this new economy which, like all new technology, is woefully undefended. Features first, security second. A Tiantong-1 Mobile Communications Satellite was placed...
September 2019
A new era in planetary defence missions
... Didymos A body during the final hour of the mission. The DART spacecraft will also demonstrate other new technologies, including NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster-Commercial (NEXT-C) ion engine, developed by NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland...
September 2020
Commercial opportunities beyond Earth orbit
... quantum key encryption and miniaturised propulsion advances for cubesats. The next steps will be to leverage these new technologies in spacecraft for use beyond Earth orbit, expanding the commercial remote sensing market to the Moon, Mars...
January 2021
What it takes to be a space entrepreneur
... from a designated orbital slot. But every once in a while you have a revolution; you have a brand-new technology. An iPhone is a brand-new technology. XM Radio was an example of that, where it was only AM and FM before. It was disruptive. People use...
April 2021
On Mars as it is on Earth - preparing for settlement
... community would in turn be a testing ground for new technologies - for construction, recycling, local manufacturing and food production...mainstream society. The trick seems to be to identify new technologies which are just at the point where they are...
October 2021
Technology transfer and the ‘local’ space market
... and thereby fostering stronger multi-sector collaboration. It can be particularly beneficial to space where the infusion of new technologies and new solutions in every aspect of the enterprise is crucial to mission success and the safety of crew and...
