Credit: SpaceNews Midjourney illustration The global space industry is expected to eclipse $1 trillion over the next few decades. And while casual onlookers sometimes express skepticism of this rapid growth — often due to their disdain for the billionaires in the captain’s chair of the industry’s most prominent players — the venture industry is clearly…
by Josef Koller and Carson Coursey — December 26, 2022 A Falcon 9 lifts off Sept. 15 carrying a Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Inspiration4 private human spaceflight mission. Credit: Inspiration4/John Kraus More than 50 people are recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration for traveling to space and back on commercially licensed vehicles, and forecasts…
by Sarah Mineiro — December 5, 2022 A simulation of the Russian anti-satellite demonstration in November 2021. Credit: COMSPOC The conflict in Ukraine has shined a light on the policy ambiguity regarding options available to the U.S. to protect commercial satellites The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs estimated there are at least 8,261…
by Virginia “Ginger” Barnes — August 23, 2022 The Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex 39B on Aug. 17 in preparation for a launch as soon as Aug. 29. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA and America are on the precipice of a space renaissance with the maiden voyage of the Space Launch System…
by Dean Bellamy — August 17, 2022 Adobe Stock image The government can incentivize satellite developers by requiring all future satellites to incorporate hardware for space situational awareness and maneuverability. The concept of rapid movement to keep an enemy off-balance is as old as war itself. Known in military circles as “maneuver warfare,” this mode…
by U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn — August 15, 2022 Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.) asks questions to DoD officials during a House Armed Services Committee hearing May 12, 2022. Credit: Doug Lamborn Responsive space is a concept that the United States continues to pursue but has not yet achieved. As Russia and China continue to proliferate…
A market ecosystem that incentivizes the rapid development and fielding of advanced Space Traffic Management (STM) technologies will be a key enabler to the sustainable growth of the space economy. As defined by the International Academy of Astronautics , STM protects future sector growth by encouraging the development and application of technology to preserve access…
by Mark Knapp — April 13, 2022 Credit: preligens.com The war in Ukraine has put the importance of information dominance on full display. Western media have made extensive use of commercial satellite imagery to document Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. And while this imagery has played an important role in galvanizing world opinion against Russia,…
by Dan Dumbacher — March 13, 2022 More than 1,500. That’s the additional pieces of debris now floating around in low Earth orbit because of the reckless and irreversible Russian anti-satellite test last November. Another 13,000 small satellites will be added by the Chinese when they deploy a large constellation to provide internet services. Then…
by Kevin Chilton — January 20, 2022 The SLS core stage and twin solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Artemis 1 mission are shown in June 2021 inside the Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA/Cory Huston A return to the moon requires bold action. The time is now. America’s Apollo, Space Shuttle and International…