Our talk at the Satellite Innovation Conference

Our talk at the Satellite Innovation Conference

The annual Satellite Innovation Conference just completed in Mountain View, CA, at the Computer History Museum–great venue. Organizer Silvano Payne of SatNews kindly invited me to give a market brief on in-space servicing and assembly. In an example of great...
The era of satellite servicing is upon us

The era of satellite servicing is upon us

From Space News: “The robotic Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV-1) launched atop a Russian Proton rocket today (Oct. 9) from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 6:17 a.m. EDT (1017 GMT, 4:17 p.m. local Kazakhstan time). MEV-1, which was built by Virginia-based...

Robots: change agents for space

The online space journal Filling Space recently interviewed me to get my views on how robots might bring new capabilities to the space economy. Bottom line: this is going to happen, and the opportunities are nearly boundless. How will robots advance the space...
Space robotics are happening

Space robotics are happening

A great summary of the current projects: https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/satellites/how-nasa-will-grapple-and-refuel-a-satellite-in-low-earth-orbit It looks like DARPA’s RSGS and NASA’s Restore-L will both get to orbit in 2022. RSGS is headed...