27 August 2021
China funds 5yr study into kilometre-scale ultra-large spacecraft
... that could be used for a number of purposes including, as a “major strategic aerospace equipment for the future use of space resources", for "exploration of the mysteries of the universe", and for "long-term habitation in orbit”. The project is one...
February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
... for their investors and to provide technologies and systems that will be part of the space settlement toolkit. Being able to manufacture in space and to use space resources are core elements of the critical path. US businessman Robert Bigelow, owner...
May 2017
World needs strong space governance system
...as prime examples. Consequently, significant areas of space activity - space traffic management, orbital debris, unilateral exploitation of natural space resources, growing military and strategic uses of space, and the contamination of both Earth and...
August 2019
Space investment – from build-up to breakthrough
... distribution; data collection and key metric predictions supported by remote sensing satellites; industrialisation of space and space resources supported by newly accessible technologies and information; high impact life experiences supported by the...
July 2014
Preventing catastrophic impact
... of course, and in order to ward off the threat from space, resources need to be brought together from all round the world. In..., thus it must be solved by joint efforts and with the resources of the whole world. What’s more, a whole host of problems...
November 2021
The philosophy of space missions today
...but it is not only concerned with the question of future overpopulation in space and the exploitation of space resources, but with the very initial conditions of life in space. These conditions may indeed be unbearable and perhaps for many could make...
