A couple of weeks ago, my son pointed out that the share price of GameStop (GME) was skyrocketing. This resulted in a lively discussion on the merits and woes of trading stock and ended with watching The Big Short together. A great movie about the 2008 financial crisis that I highly recommend.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: Experimenting and Manufacturing in Microgravity
Integrated circuits, silicon solar cells, better vaccines, better materials, and new plant varieties are some of the benefits of experimenting and manufacturing in microgravity. But in general, achieving microgravity for long-term results is very expensive and for the most part, is heavily subsidized by agencies and governments,
Read More »Space Café Recap: “Black Ops by Ralph Thiele #03”- with Robie Samanta Roy
In this Space Cafè “Black Ops by Ralph Thiele #3”, Colonel (Ret`d) Ralph Thiele, Chairman of the Berlin based Political-Military Society, President of Euro Défense-Germany, and Managing Director of StratByrd Consulting, Germany talked with his guests about the Implication for Security & Defence coming with quantum technologies.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Share: Global Space Budgets – A Country-level Analysis
Space in Africa, the leading analytics and consulting company focusing on the African space and satellite industry, has released a country-level analysis of the global space budgets.
Read More »Space Café WebTalk Recap: Space isn’t all STEM: what we learned in 33 minutes with Shelli Brunswick
In this week’s Space Café, SpaceWatch.Global publisher, Torsten Kriening caught up with Space Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer, Shelli Brunswick to discuss her “deep vision” of the global space industry and her organisation’s efforts to uplift the world through space education and collaborations.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: PSSI Perspective #8 – China Deploys BeiDou to Project Power and Influence
by Dr. Jana Robinson, Patrik Martínek, Jakub Pražák and Kristína Sikoraiová, Prague Security Studies Institute As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and the Prague Security Studies Institute, we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and briefs. This is PSSI Perspective #8: ‘China Deploys BeiDou to Project Power and Influence’, …
Read More »Space Café Russia Recap: Dr Olga Volynskaya on the painstaking work on putting space law into practice
Elina Morozova in conversation with Dr Olga Volynskaya, an independent Russian space law and policy expert with a very unique background, holder of industry awards and commendations, corresponding member of the Russian Tsiolkovsky Academy of Cosmonautics, an individual member of the International Institute of Space Law.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Column: Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 1 – 7 March 2021
As part of the partnership between SpaceWatch.Global and Orbital Gateway Consulting we have been granted permission to publish selected articles and texts. We are pleased to present “Dongfang Hour China Aerospace News Roundup 1 - 7 March 2021”.
Read More »#SpaceWatchGL Opinion: We say thank you to the women in the space industry
Today is International Women’s Day, and, as SpaceWatchers, we use this opportunity to say thank you to all the wonderful women we have the privilege to work with.
Read More »Space Café Germany Recap: Dr. Walther Pelzer on a spaceport, micro-launchers, and the next German in space
Andreas Schepers spoke with Germany's top space traveller, the head of the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Dr. Walther Pelzer. The German Space Agency at DLR, on behalf of the German Federal Government, is responsible for Germany’s co-development and implementation of the space programme at the national, European, and international level.
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