SpaceNews Magazine – May 9, 2016
Red Dragon vs. Red Tape
The biggest obstacle SpaceX may face may have nothing to do with technology or money // Foust Forward
XS-1
The U.S. Government’s Last Shot XS-1 at Reusable Launch Vehicles
FEATURES
The Coming Data Tsunami
New providers, new challenges
NGA Enlists CIBORG
A look at NGA’s Commercial Intitiative to Buy Operationally Responsive GEOINT
A Better View of the World
An interview with DigitalGlobe founder and CTO Walter Scott
Copernicus Adding to Deluge
Europe’s Earth observation system is ready to rain down petabytes of data
DEPARTMENTS
MY TAKE
Harris Corp’s Bill Gattle on “Big Data, Big Challenge”
QUICK TAKES
COMMENTARY
Jeff Bingham and John Sheldon offer some 2016 Election insights
BOTTOM LINE
Peter B. de Selding on the irresistible urge to lay cable when satellites will do