But he believes that offering relatively cheap access to space for satellites could 'revolutionise the use of space for industrial purposes'.

It means banks facing a huge squeeze as the eurozone crisis spirals out of control will gain cheap access to critical funds.

In the late 1990s, many national companies based their call centres in the state after obtaining cheap access to broad-band fibre-optic connections.

The seminar focused on radio broadcasting being an easy and cheap access to information.

The technology could enable faster and cheaper access to the solar system, and in the longer run may enable an economic utilisation of asteroid resources.