Op-ed | The revolution that is commercial space is just beginning

While everybody is rightly celebrating recent successes in commercial space, some long-term trends are just beginning. It is still early days, and significant growth and new opportunities are just around the corner.

New Worlds 2018

“THE BEST SPACE SETTLEMENT CONFERENCE ON EARTH”

The Spacer Tribe gathers in Austin again this fall.Amazing talks by amazing people ASTRONAUTS to ARTISTS, ENGINEERS to ENTREPRENEURS, NASA to NEWSPACE, NEW WORLDS BLOWS OUT THE AIRLOCK–…

A trillion-dollar space industry will require new markets

Forecasts that predict the space industry to grow to a trillion dollars by the 2040s will require the development of new markets, even with the modest annual growth rates needed to achieve that goal.

Analysis | The rise of China’s private space industry

The space race of old was between governments, but we may be on the brink of a 21st century private space race on an international scale.

Op-ed | NewSpace 2.0: Moving beyond the Minimum Viable Product

Owing partly to the emergence of small satellites, NewSpace startups are disrupting commercial space by addressing these and other questions on shoestring budgets compared to government programs.

CNES creating a space startup fund

The French space agency CNES is creating an investment fund of 80 to 100 million euros ($95 to $119 million) to spur innovation in the space sector.

Op-ed | Thinking historically about NewSpace

As the business of space becomes increasingly privatized, and companies more frequently adopt a fast and lean entrepreneurial style, it complicates efforts to establish and preserve a publicly accessible record of the industry’s progress.