A lunar NASCAR race? Companies compete to make big bucks on the moon

by Kristyn Martin  December 5, 2014 Aljazeera America

 

New Space News

Space startups aim to get rich on emerging commercial space industry

by Kristyn Martin  December 3, 2014 Aljazeera America

 

The business of space: Exploring the new commercial space economy

by Kristyn Martin   December 2, 2014 Aljazeera America

Will Marshall Planet-Labs Co Founder TED Talk

Satellite imaging has revolutionized our knowledge of the Earth, with detailed images of nearly every street corner readily available online. But Planet Labs' Will Marshall says we can do better and go faster — by getting smaller. He introduces his tiny satellites — no bigger than 10 by 10 by 30 centimeters — that, when launched in a cluster, provide high-res images of the entire planet, updated daily.

ROSETTA: THE AMBITION TO TURN SCIENCE FICTION INTO SCIENCE FACTS

Ambition is a collaboration between Platige Image and ESA. Directed by Tomek Bagiński and starring Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones) and Aisling Franciosi, Ambition was shot on location in Iceland, and screened on 24 October 2014 during the British Film Institute’s celebration of Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder, at the Southbank, London.