April 2020
European spaceports compete for recognition and business
... to build from. This means that a substantial amount of investment would be needed. When combined with the heightened transport costs associated with any island, the results of follow-on studies that Portugal is currently undertaking may conclude...
January 2017
Elon Musk and Mars - looking for a snowball effect
.... Extension of the by now technologically mature Earth-Moon cycler stations to Earth-Mars orbits for interplanetary passenger transport. Crewed Mars landing craft would then be based on decades of experience with lunar landings and with aerobraking...
June 2017
Spaceplane rationale - a new way of thinking
... thousand times, given high enough traffic levels for economies of scale. Just as steam locomotives transformed land transport, so spaceplanes will transform spaceflight and thereby make a huge contribution to life on our planet. Imagine a new space...
April 2018
Developing Mars
... Mars it is inevitable that fledgling businesses will spring up at permanent habitats. While there are a growing number of plans to transport people to the Red Planet, and even set up the first colonies, much remains to be done on the practicalities...
August 2018
America’s ‘dream machine’
...platform right next to it. Landing after the test flight in November 2017. New opportunities Dream Chaser will be transporting 5,500 kg (around 12,125 lbs) of cargo to the ISS, which is a significant increase over current payload capabilities We will...
October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
... plume deflection structures. The ability to create large, strong structures on another planetary body without the need to transport all the materials lies at the heart of in-situ resource utilisation (ISRU) and represents a revolution for surviving...
