TOP STORIES: December 2020
Each month we round up some of the top stories in space, entrepreneurship, innovation, finance and technology.
Here’s our round-up for December:
The space industry comes of age
2020 was the year the space industry started to prove itself — setting up big expectations for its maturity and growth in the coming year. Read more at Axios.
Forbes Science Awards 2020: Prepare For The Outer-Space Stock-Market Boom
It was a banner year for the commercial space industry. Even in the midst of a pandemic and while piling up big economic losses, companies continued to expand into the final frontier. Read more at Forbes.
Milbank Top Ten Space Business Stories of 2020
This Special Edition of Space Business Review includes Milbank’s top ten space business stories of 2020. Read more by Milbank.
SpaceX may try to catch a falling rocket with a launch tower
To build a fully reusable launch system for its interplanetary Starship vehicle, SpaceX has had to solve myriad technical challenges, such as slowing the massive spacecraft down as it reenters Earth’s atmosphere at near-orbital velocities. Read more at ArsTechnica.
#MyGalileoSolution projects selected for acceleration
The projects selected for acceleration in Track 1 and Track 2 of the #MyGalileoSolution competition have been confirmed. The 30 Track 1 projects and the 20 selected for Track 2 were chosen from over 200 applications and will share the almost EUR 1.5-million prize pool. Read more here by GSA.