February 2020
‘Witches brew’ of a subordinate space corps
Few will have missed President Trump’s 2018 announcement of a US Space Force, the idea first launched with his Tweet, “Space Force all the way!” The initial plan would have pulled space functions owned by the Air Force, Navy and other military ...
February 2020
Climate change and spaceports – a difficult balance
Spaceports are becoming part of the NewSpace industry around the world, but some people worried about climate change have suggested they could damage the atmosphere and detrimentally affect the climate. In the UK, this has become a ‘local issue’ in ...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
Soon the number of artificial light sources visible across out night skies could outnumber natural stars, a disturbing scenario that would become a reality if ambitious current projects to build mega-constellations of artificial satellites for ...
May 2020
Time to discuss regulations for future interplanetary trade
Although the technical details of trade relations are a mystery to most people, everyone recognises the need for regulation of trading mechanisms here on Earth. But what do we do when it comes to trade between Earth and Mars? In common with trade ...
July 2020
The four horsemen of space finance
The space industry has come a long way in the past ten years. Not only have key technologies such as launch reusability and 3D printing in space been demonstrated successfully, the nature of space finance has also evolved significantly. Ten years ...
July 2020
Are we entering a post-Overview Effect era?
Since the first publication of The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution in 1987, the term ‘Overview Effect’ has entered the space vernacular as a generally accepted descriptor for the shift in worldview that results from seeing ...
