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Winner of the Saudi Space Agency DebriSolver Competition
Forbes-Space just won the global space debris competition. Now comes the hard part: making our solution a reality. A few days ago, Forbes-Space's CEO, Stirling Forbes, stood on stage in Riyadh accepting the DebriSolver Competition prize alongside Mike Lindsay from Astroscale and His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Al Tamimi, Acting CEO of the وكالة الفضاء السعودية | Saudi Space Agency. 2,000+ participants from over 40 countries, and Forbes-Space's concept for the OpenSpace Internatio


Lunar Economy Summit Turin - Summary
At the Lunar Economy Summit in Turin, as part of the broader Aerospace & Defence Meetings, Giuseppe Reibaldi, President of the Moon Village Association, put it plainly: “𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘥, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.” This has reinforced Forbes-Space's recent posts about traditional mining industries and the need for unified commercial leadership for the Moon - yet the space sector continu


Payload Feature Article on Forbes-Space
Forbes-Space is honoured to be featured in this recent article from Payload delving into the work Forbes-Space does in supporting our clients as a bridge between the space and non-space sectors following the creation of our new office in Turin, Italy. You can read it here on Payload.


SpaceNews Feature Article - Lunar Mining Gold Rush
Building upon the great conversations from my recent LinkedIn post on space mining - SpaceNews has published Forbes-Space's first opinion piece with them. You can read it here on SpaceNews. In the article I detail specific recommendations for how different sectors of the space industry can position themselves to capitalise on the lunar mining opportunity. I look forward to hearing your perspectives on these recommendations - what resonates, what's missing, and where do you s


Tech & Space Leaders Show with Lisa Dreher
I recently had a very interesting conversation with the host of the Tech & Space Leaders Show - Lisa Dreher.


2025 is the Dawn of NewSpace 3.0
T𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹-𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆. Should every European commercial space company with applicable technology develop a space defence strategy? That’s where the money is. Germany just committed €35 billion to space defence by 2030 - €8.75 billion annually, or roughly 9 times its ESA contribution. 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻. Germany slashed its agency funding to €952 million for 2025, then announced a cumulativ


A Unified Commercial Voice
The largest barrier to developing the lunar ecosystem isn't technology or capital – it's a unified commercial voice. While governments...


Traditional Industries in Space Mining
In 10 years, a traditional mining giant will be dominating space resource extraction – not a space mining startup. While venture capital...


The Next American Space Gateway
𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁. Our international...


Space is Japan's Next Major Industry
Japan just declared space as their next key industry after automotive – and we’re witnessing history unfold at SPACETIDE as Japan’s new...


Space BioTech Transformation
While healthcare companies invest billions in incremental improvements, space offers 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 - the...


Space Symposium Summary
The most exciting conversations aren't about traditional partnerships – and yet they could be the new face of space. Is Europe lagging...


New Engagement Announcement: SpaceBorn United
SpaceBorn United has appointed Forbes-Space, and its FundNewSpace team to support a Seed funding round to take its vital technology to...


The Next Lunar Unicorn
The next lunar unicorn won’t be a startup—it will be the terrestrial firm that repurposes its IP for the cislunar economy. The lunar...


New Partnership Announcement: International Space University and Forbes-Space
Forbes-Space has been appointed to assist the International Space University (ISU) with reinforcing its position as THE global space...


New Partnership Announcement: Sen and Forbes-Space
Forbes-Space is excited to partner with Sen, who has just launched the world's first Ultra High Definition 4K livestream from space. This...


New Partnership Announcement: Space Copy and Forbes-Space
The Forbes-Space team is pleased to announce a collaboration with Space Copy, a multiple award-winning and rapidly growing organisation....


Forbes-Space at ESA Space Solutions Conference
Forbes-Space was pleased to have the opportunity to attend the ESA Space Solutions "Towards a Space-Powered Economy" conference at ESA's...


Forbes-Space at IAC 2024 in Milan
Twelve thousand people attended IAC 2024 in Milan over five days last week, the largest space conference to date in history, and our CEO,...


Inaugural Lecture at the Melbourne University
Our CEO, Stirling Forbes, presented the inaugural lecture at the University of Melbourne to kick off a series of workshops.
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