Herve Astier (ILF2019)
The Australian
Neumann Space’s satellite propulsion system will be integrated into a US project that aims to use space junk as fuel, with the Adelaide firm announcing its first commercial sale.
Neumann Space chief executive Herve Astier said the deal represented the company’s first commercial sales and exports.
“Our company’s mission is to enable the sustainable economic development of space, and we are proud that our propulsion system will play a role in this project as it seeks to create the foundations for a new circular economy in space,’’ he said.