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A Case for AI-Driven Robotic Space Development

A Case for AI-Driven Robotic Space Development

Dec 7, 2023 | Commercial Space, Space Development, Space Economics, Space Settlement

Earlier this year I gave a presentation The Impact of AI and Robotics on Space Settlement, which was a successor to a presentation I first gave in 2019 at the International Space Development Conference. Titled Robotic Space Settlement, that presentation focused on the...
Space Based Technologies to address Global Warming Mitigation – Solar Based Power Stations and Solar Occulus

Space Based Technologies to address Global Warming Mitigation – Solar Based Power Stations and Solar Occulus

Dec 3, 2023 | Space Development, Space Solar Power

An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden from the observer by another object that passes between them. — Wikipedia In this article I compare two alternative space-based technologies, Solar Power Stations vs a sun blocking Occulus, that...
Porters Five Forces Model Analysis of the Market for Commercial Space Stations

Porters Five Forces Model Analysis of the Market for Commercial Space Stations

Jul 6, 2023 | Commercial Space, Space Development, Space Economics, Space Stations

Figure 1. Porter”s Five Forces model applied to a commercial space station business. This essay is an expansion on the Porter’s Five Forces section of the presentation Evaluating the Market for Commercial Space Stations originally presented at the 2023...
Dylan Taylor Makes Seven Predictions About Future Space Developments at ISDC

Dylan Taylor Makes Seven Predictions About Future Space Developments at ISDC

Jun 14, 2023 | Commercial Space, Space Conferences, Space Development, Space News

Dylan Taylor, CEO of Voyager Space, delivering the keynote The Future of the NewSpace Industry: Enablers and Impediments at the 2023 International Space Development Conference. Dylan Taylor, CEO of Voyager Space, delivered his keynote presentation The Future of the...
The Cathedral and the Starship: Learning from the Middle Ages for Future Long-Duration Projects

The Cathedral and the Starship: Learning from the Middle Ages for Future Long-Duration Projects

Nov 17, 2020 | Space Development, Space Settlement

A popular analogue used in the space domain is that of historical building projects, notably cathedrals that took decades and in some cases centuries to complete Cathedrals are often taken as archetypes for long-term projects. Author Andreas M. Nein explores the...
What Horticulture and Space Exploration Can Learn from Each Other

What Horticulture and Space Exploration Can Learn from Each Other

Jun 29, 2020 | Space Agriculture, Space Development, Space Settlement

Illustration: An astronaut in a field of corn. Original image credit: NASA/Sean Smith The Netherlands is the second largest exporter of vegetables in the world, and more than half of its land area is used for agriculture with some greenhouse complexes covering 175...
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