We are at the dawn of private s pace exploration, which will lead to the rapid grwoth of a space-based economy with people working, living and playing in space. This entrepeneurial sector will rely on space-based labor, services and resources, and will require an infrastructure for ...
The agency will continue to make flight- and ground-based test data from NASA-led space station spacewalks and NASA’s Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) development project available to companies through the EVA Technical Library. This will encourage an accelerated transition to...
A battle for space supremacy is taking place. This infographic highlights the companies in the space private sector that are vying to make space flight more efficient and low cost.
as well as to create guidelines for managing traffic and commerce. We are also helping government leaders shape smart regulations to drive innovation and growth in this emerging sector so people, businesses, industries, and economies everywhere can benefit from the limitless possibilities of space. ...
While the private sector isn't currently giving him astronomical pay, he sees astronomical potential, and the chance to return to space, this time as a commercial astronaut. "We're doing tremendously interesting stuff," said Zamka, "and I get to be more directly involved with more parts of...
As the government agency tasked with ensuring that the commercial industry maintains the highest levels of safety for those in the air and on the ground, the FAA has a demanding role to play in the growing private spaceflight sector. "The successful growth of commercial human spaceflight activitie...
Consolidation.Global M&A activity in the space tech sector accelerated in the past year, even as numbers for comparable deals in the wider market fell sharply,according to Seraphim, an investor in the space sector. The ability to pool research while disposing of redunda...
As NASA's space shuttle Endeavour orbiter flew to its retirement home in sunny California today (Sept. 21), Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. signed legislation to bolster the commercial spaceflight sector in that state. The Assembly bill limits liability for private spaceflight companies. “California ae...
asdownstreamcustomerofspace-basedapplicationsrealisedbythem,orproviderofsubsidiaryservicesfortheirbenefit.Consequently,thefivemainUNspacetreatiesconcludedinthelate1960sand1970swereconsideredappropriateintheirfocusontherightsandobligationsofthesestateagencies.1Privatesectorinvolvementrequiredfairlylittlenational...
“Returning to the moon is no longer just about exploration and scientific discovery. It is also about economic growth and the application of science for the wellbeing of our planet and its people,” saysTroy Thomas, who leads BCG’sglobal space sector business. ...