The Myth of Monoculture: Why Europe Needs Its Own Rockets The assumption that a single, dominant player would inevitably consolidate the global space launch market under its control just took another hit, not in an Read More
The Illusion of European Unity in Orbit The boilerplate headline declared Isar Aerospace’s orbital success a win for European commercial space. It was. But this technical triumph, where a privately-developed, 92-foot-tall Spectrum rocket ascended Read More
The Shifting Calculus of Space Operations A routine reboost of NASA’s aging Swift astronomy satellite, performed last week by Katalyst Space Technologies, might seem like a mere footnote in the annals of space activity. Read More
The Billion-Dollar Problem of European Space Another test scrub for Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum rocket on Monday, attributed to “off nominal behavior in the vehicle’s fluid systems,” points to a starker reality than most Read More