DARPA: Removing Single Points of Failure

This is a goal from a recent article covering the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Blackjack...

Quo Vadis, India? And a Kiwi Space Company

These two analyses look at space happenings with India and New Zealand. India, in particular, has...

Applications that Use Space Infrastructures

There have been a few articles posted essentially echoing the math from Space Capital’s latest “Space Investment Quarterly.” The reported...

The Challenge for Space Startups

In this part of the analysis, I’ll note that Space startups aren’t even on the...

Space Startup Observations

In the world of “new space,” a person can become confused about what’s real, what’s progress, or what’s even a viable business in the...

Examining SpaceX’s Smallsat Rideshare Program

It’s been nearly a year since SpaceX announced its Smallsat Rideshare program. Based on recent news--and a full 2020 manifest for the...

Swords, Plowshares & China’s Space Startups

“Why Hasn’t the Chinese SpaceX Emerged Yet?” provides a bit more context regarding some of the challenges commercial Chinese...

From Modular & Flexible to “A Necessary Step”

Nearly two weeks ago a European Union (EU) Commissioner, Thierry Breton, mentioned the European Ariane...

Saved by the Belle (HMG Buys a Share of OneWeb)

Last Friday the United Kingdom’s OneWeb announced that Bharti Global Limited and Her Majesty’s Government (HMG) bought the bankrupt low...

Another Small Step for Amazon

Last week, a company associated with “new space” activities announced new and expanded space services. Oddly, and unlike many of its ...