July 2019
Aggression in outer space – time for action
The recent anti-satellite weapon test by India - in which that nation destroyed one of its own satellites and created additional orbital debris - is another unfortunate example of aggressive behaviour in outer space. Here, the author calls for ...
August 2019
Space investment – from build-up to breakthrough
The global space industry is diversifying and maturing on many fronts, driven by many trends. The speed of innovation is increasing and the barriers to entry for providing solutions enabled or enhanced by space are rapidly being reduced. These are ...
October 2019
Time to overcome the expendable rocket mindset
Could the cost of sending people to orbit be reduced by about 1000 times within around 15 years using only proven technology? If so, this would revolutionise spaceflight and lead to a new era of space science and exploration, and to the development ...
November 2019
Space kaleidoscope - towards a genuine multi-messenger exploration
As NASA, the European Space Agency and the space industry look to return to the Moon and to venture even further, we should be asking: what image of humanity do we want to project onto new space environments? Is it a narrow picture or an inclusive ...
November 2019
The economic promise of space
Between the late 1950s and the late 1960s, humankind seemed poised to take an incredible leap forward, as the Space Age brought stunning technological achievements and captured the imagination of the world. Stephen Kostes explores how space ...
January 2020
Discipline - a formula for success in the Earth observation market EO sector
Like any new technology that has captured the imagination of market influencers and investors, the NewSpace industry is finding itself in the midst of an explosion of interest. We’ve seen this before in the halcyon days of the internet, during the ...
