“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.”--Harry S. Truman
When Words Get in the Way: ARCA Space’s White Paper
Month: July 2022
Third Mover Disadvantage: ArianeGroup & Reusability
ArianeGroup’s love/hate relationship with rocket reusability continues. It loves government money thrown its way, parroting political purposes, as it grudgingly ventures into reusability development.
SDA’s Nudge Exposes Legacy Challenges
Northrop Grumman’s latest subcontracting announcement to fulfill an SDA contract is part of a U.S. space industry trend. But does that trend expose weakness or opportunity?
Pretense of Competition: U.S. National Security Space Launch
There’s little disagreement that rocket science is hard. But why insist on ineffective programs that make it harder while limiting the competition?
Space Industry Analysis | Ill-Defined Space 