Space [New] NASA and space exploration company Axiom are planning to launch a space tourism program in 2024, which allows visitors to stay at the International Space Station. [New] With the federal debt: GDP ratio projected at around 31% in 2020, Ottawa has the fiscal space needed to take action. [New] Power cuts have been a real and present danger and are likely to remain so for the coming 18 months at least, as Eskom uses load-shedding to create the space and time it needs to claw back years of maintenance neglect. [New] NASA has officially put the kibosh on plans to get Orion and the Space Launch System - both of which would be used to get us to the Moon sometime before the end of 2024 - on hold. [New] The increasing heat of the Earth is suffocating us and in five to 10 years, vast swaths of the planet will be increasingly inhospitable to humans. Instead of testing empty spacecraft, the ISRO will launch a humanoid robot named Vyommitra - Sanskrit for space's friend - into low Earth orbit, which will act as a dummy astronaut for the first two test flights. Plus 2020 will see the likes of Uber entering the payments space via the launch of Uber Money for its drivers. The International Space Station remains the sole space-based proving ground for reaching the Moon in 2024 through NASA's Artemis program. The proliferation of new LEO, MEO and HEO satellite constellations coming into service over the next few years will open a host of new markets for satellite communications globally. From 2021 onward, Elon Musk's company SpaceX will see competition from Blue Origin, which is financed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and will also begin executing space flights with (partially) reusable launch vehicles. The Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth consortium was expected to create 1500 jobs over the next five years, inject $200 million into the economy annually and could give WA the ammunition it needed to play key roles in NASA's future Moon to Mars missions. Internet satellite and other technologies will be blanketing the planet in broadband in the next few years. The Queensland Government has launched an $8 million investment strategy in a quest to create up to 6,000 high-value space industry jobs and contribute $3.5 billion to $6 billion to the economy by 2036. Philanthropic amilies in the 21st century are engaging much earlier, and with much deeper involvement, in their commitment to improve lives, create opportunity, and protect the planet. Deep Space Gateway: NASA says it will begin launching modules in 2022 for the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway, a space station that will orbit the moon. The total supply of class A warehousing space in Moscow has been creeping up by about 100,000 sqm each year over the last three years and will reach a total of 13.7 mn sqm by the end of this year. Last year, the Air Force Research Lab announced a $100 million program to develop the hardware for a satellite that will beam solar power to Earth. In addition to millions of new 5G base stations on Earth and 20,000 new satellites in space, 200 billion transmitting objects, according to estimates, will be part of the Internet of Things by 2020, and one trillion objects a few years later. In 2022, the European Space Agency plans to launch the JUICE spacecraft, which will explore Jupiter and its large ice-covered moons, following a seven-year transit. This year China will take its claims to institutional leadership global, seizing political space afforded by U.S. retrenchment under President Trump and more actively shaping global institutions to its interests. The USSF is realigning existing space forces and materiel from the Air Force in the near term and scaling up with other components over the next several years in order to address increasing threats and maintain strategic advantage. NASA will continue to test and improve, in order to return American astronauts to space on American rockets in 2020. Another Falcon 9 rocket will be prepared for launch from pad 39 A at the nearby Kennedy Space Center for a high-altitude abort test of SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, a vehicle designed to carry astronauts into orbit beginning next year. See full forecast Last updated: 29 March 2020 Hi, Would you like a quick online demo of our service from an experienced member of our team? Yes No Hi, Would you like a quick online demo of our service from an experienced member of our team? Yes No
