COLLECTSPACE.COM answers this question
in Robert Z. Pearlman's November 29th article
on PT Scientists' (Part-Time Scientists) endeavour
to win the $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE.
Link to: Part Time Scientists reserves rocket to land Audi moon rovers at Apollo 17 site
Wednesday, 30 November 2016
Wednesday, 23 November 2016
DEEP SPACE INDUSTRIES in a nutshell
Bruce Dorminey concisely presents DEEP SPACE INDUSTRIES
in one of his November 2016 articles in FORBES.
Link to: Bruce Dorminey's article on DSI in FORBES
Another highly informative article on DSI's business plan
was written by Sarah Scoles for WIRED.COM and is entitled:
How to Succeed in the Asteroid Business Without Really Mining
Tuesday, 22 November 2016
CYGNUS: A Multipurpose Space Freighter
"SUPPLY CRAFT, DUSTCART and SCIENCE LAB"
or:
How to make the most of what cannot be recycled in space.
Link to: International Space Station page
Link to: Orbital ATK
Link to: AES Spacecraft Fire Safety Demonstration (Saffire)
Monday, 14 November 2016
Sunday, 13 November 2016
A tangible example of the ups and downs of space exploration?
OR: The wrong sort of "space harvesting", as experienced in Myanmar
(and fortunately "not in Mybackyard")
Link to: BBC NEWS " ... Mystery object lands at jade mine."
Obviously, a lot more work needs to be done
on reducing, controlling and removing "space junk"!
Link to: The European Space Agency's page on Space Debris
(and fortunately "not in Mybackyard")
Link to: BBC NEWS " ... Mystery object lands at jade mine."
Obviously, a lot more work needs to be done
on reducing, controlling and removing "space junk"!
Link to: The European Space Agency's page on Space Debris
Saturday, 12 November 2016
"The Space Nation": Room for another dream?
" Welcome to ASGARDIA ! "
"... Asgardia's legal envelope includes the creation of a new legal platform for the exploration of near-Earth and deep space. ‘Universal space law’ and ‘astropolitics’ have to replace international space law and geopolitics. ...
... And of course we are going to make use of crowd funding and sourcing, and private donations. And we welcome cooperation with new partners and investors. ... "
(Quoted from Asgardia Concept page - as found on 12 Nov. 2016)
Link to: Concept "Asgardia - the Space Nation" by Dr. Igor Ashurbeyli
Friday, 11 November 2016
Space Poker: Luxembourg's New Trump Card
A new draft law on the exploration and use of space resources
for commercial purposes has been formally presented to the international press.
Luxembourg will thus be the second country in the world
and the first in Europe to set out a legal framework
"ensuring that private operators working in space
can be confident about their rights to the resources they extract in outer space".
Link to: Luxembourg’s New Space Law Guarantees Private Companies the Right to Resources Harvested in Outer Space in Accordance with International Law
Link to: ECSL European Centre for Space Law
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Rocket science / space for business: ULA, SpaceX and Blue Origin
Fortune (magazine) reporting
on space flights no longer costing a fortune.
Thursday, 3 November 2016
Agreement finalized between Planetary Resources, Inc. and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
A small step by a small country in the right direction ?
"Planetary Resources and the Government of Luxembourg finalize €25 Million investment and cooperation agreement with first commercial asteroid prospecting mission to launch by 2020."
Link to full article on planetaryresources.com website
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