Scott Pace, Author at SpaceNews

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Policy & Politics
Op-ed | NOAA is stalling U.S. space traffic management

Rather than move forward with efforts to work with industry on space traffic management solutions, the Commerce Department is funding studies of topics that in some cases were addressed in a report last year by NAPA, risking both U.S. leadership in the field and space safety generally.

Space Symposium
Op-ed | Wishful thinking collides with policy, economic realities in ‘Capitalism in Space’

The price competition created by SpaceX has not resulted in new demand coming to the market, merely a reallocation of market share among suppliers, largely to the detriment of the European Ariane launcher and the Russians. This is good for the United States, but it doesn’t mean there’s a commercially viable launch market without government supports.