November 2017
Delivering a revolutionary reduction in space launch costs
We are in the midst of a transformational era in the history of spaceflight. What was once an activity purely limited to governments and national space agencies is now experiencing a flourish of innovation led by entrepreneurial private sector ...
March 2018
Shifting lines and new horizons in Earth observation markets
... market development scenarios are useful tools to forecast possible impacts on the EO landscape and the following three ‘science-fiction’ scenarios are ‘extreme’ options. Scenario 1: Solid revenues from the VHR data for the intelligence community...
July 2020
Are we entering a post-Overview Effect era?
... the Earth is (as well as his own hopes and ambitions). We might see this essay as a very early form of science fiction. More recently, but still before Gagarin’s flight, Theodore L Thomas wrote a short story called ‘The Far...
May 2021
Taking quantum into space
... be our personal R2-D2s which go out into space to iron out the kinks before we take a leap into science fiction. Cartoon drawn by Dr Sonali Mohapatra showing QKD using CubeSats enabling secure communication within two groundstation on Earth...
September 2021
Near space - the air-space boundary question, astronauts and space tourism
..., Sirisha Bandla. The OST came into force in 1967, when space tourism was firmly in the realms of science fiction, yet it still forms the central trunk of international space law. Article I of this binding international agreement permits...
November 2021
Megasatellite habitat at Ceres
... of Earth. Once upon a time, living in settlements beyond Earth’s orbit would have sat firmly in the realm of science fiction, but not any longer. It is possible that construction of a megasatellite world could begin within the next 15 years...
