The in-Space Assembled Telescope

The in-Space Assembled Telescope

I can’t believe that I have never posted anything about this amazing project. NASA pulled together over 50 scientists and engineers, including myself, to consider the following question: “When does it make more sense to build a telescope in orbit,...
NASA video on in-orbit robotic assembly

NASA video on in-orbit robotic assembly

This website is dedicated to explaining, advocating, and developing robotic systems to do more on orbit. What are the benefits? It really couldn’t be said any better than this new video from NASA. One of the most ambitious in-orbit assembly projects being...
The future of worldwide communications?

The future of worldwide communications?

Dr. Casey Handmer, a theoretical physicist by training but a keen thinker in the area of space communications, has written an eloquent essay. In his view, worldwide communications in the near future will boil down to one word: Starlink. Here is the link to the full...
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...

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...
Let’s move beyond rovers

Let’s move beyond rovers

Rovers have proved their usefulness on the Moon and Mars for the acquisition of scientific data, and their designs are mature. The initial stages of establishing a sustainable human presence on the Moon, such as resource prospecting and habitat site selection, will...