SpaceQ recently teased readers with an article titled Earth Observation Satellite Market About to Boom. Though behind a paywall, the gist of the article, to everyone paying attention to the satellite sector, is clear: Earth observation is hot and getting hotter. In a previous article, I examined t...
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Satellites are the most profitable sector of Canadian space, and earth imaging is the most profitable portion of the sector. To understand satellite imaging, I am exploring several earth observation (EO) technologies. This area is fascinating and changing rapidly, so it's wor...
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I was first exposed to the idea of space-based power in George Friedman's 2010 book The Next 100 Years.1 The idea is fairly simple, locate solar panels above weather and Earth-based obstructions and at a point where the sun shines continuously. Geo-synchronous (GEO) orbits achieve the correct po...
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Continue reading...Space 4.0 is the application of space to global challenges such as climate change, demographic development, migration, shortage of resources, conflicts and catastrophes, energy, digital divide, health and curiosity. It is a driver for technological improvement in automation, miniaturization, manuf...
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THREAD: The US government's new export controls are wreaking havoc on China's chip industry.
— Jordan Schneider (@jordanschnyc) October 14, 2022
New rules around "US persons" are driving an "industry-wide decapitation."
I heard about this first from Peter Z...
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Continue reading...Most important, in a practical sense, would be the construction of factories that could make use of the special properties of space — high and low temperatures, hard radiation. Unlimited vacuum, zero gravity — to manufacture objects that could be difficult or impossible to manufacture on Earth, so...
In fact, projects might even be on the planning boards in 2019 to shift industries into orbit in a wholesale manner.
--- Isaac Asimov (The Stare)
In 1983, Isaac Asimov predicted a shift to space-based manufacturing that would revolutionize the process of creating products and the environmenta...
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