Taken from the January 2022 issue of Physics World, where it appeared under the headline "Space for all".
With launch costs plummeting fast, James McKenzie examines the huge commercial potential of the space sector
Business barrier Space junk is a real threat to the burgeoning commercial space industry. (Courtesy: iStock/johan63)
Go on, admit it. Who secretly wouldn’t want to go into space? The lure of leaving our earthly shac
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James McKenzie
is the writer of the Transactions column for Physics World about physics in industry. He is writing here in a personal capacity