The Office of Space Commerce could be the best thing to happen to the space industry in a long while. But, as its director observes, it’s not all cotton candy.
The Office of Space Commerce: Coming to Terms with Space Operations
Category: Future Space
National Security Space Launch: Phase Trois
Phase 3 of the DoD’s National Space Security Launch program is supposed to help the U.S. keep pace with a “pacing challenge.” Inevitable questions arise.
AstroForge’s Asteroid Business: The Same, But Different?
Straying from the herd may seem like an exciting idea. But is it a good one, if other strays who have walked the same path disappeared?
Follow-Up: Ukraine and Arianespace
There is a Dark Side to Ukraine’s use of commercial space companies. And, a space economist has questions about last week’s article.
Space Industry Opportunities and Follies
I’ve got neither the looks nor the brains, but there are a lot of opportunities. Beware, though, folly is opportunity’s constant companion.
SLS, Orion, Artemis: Mind the Gap
The successful launch of Artemis 1 is a step. But is it a step to an abyss or to an actual, attainable plan?
Space Exploration Obstacles and “Miracle” Solutions
Ill-defined property laws aren’t the only reason prospectors haven’t staked and mined claims in space. They may not even be the most relevant. Here’s a reason with significant mass behind it.
Russia Positioning, Navigation, and Timing: GLONASS and Mexico
GLONASS is Russia’s military PNT system. So why is the Mexican government interested in helping it out?
Commercial Space and its Slugworths: A Lack of Pure Imagination
Are some of the struggles some of the space startups are dealing with more to do with a lack of "Pure Imagination?" Is this why we see them offering similar products consumers aren't interested in?
Tea Leaves, Biden, SLS = U.S. Space Industry Future?
What might a President Biden do to SLS? Why? If he didn't cancel it, is SLS a "good" future of the U.S. space industry?
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