Space economy
2022 CONFERS Global Satellite Servicing Forum
State Fight: Michigan economic plan emphasizes satellite communications
The Michigan Aerospace Manufacturers Association is working to build Michigan’s space sector through projects like Space Enabled Connectivity for Advanced Mobility or SECAM.
State Fight: Shoring up Florida’s Space Coast
The Sunshine State’s efforts to lure commercial space ventures began well before the sun set on the Space Shuttle era.
State Fight: SpaceX brings business to Brownsville, Texas
At the outset of the coronavirus pandemic, city officials in Brownsville, Texas, anticipated sales and property tax revenue declines. To their surprise, residential property values and sales tax collections have continued to climb. Much of the credit goes to SpaceX.
State Fight: New Mexico’s growing reputation as a space state
New Mexico was not often in the conversation about key space states until Virgin Galactic named Spaceport America its flight operations center in 2009.
State Fight: Space sector is humming in Huntsville, Alabama
Rocket city doesn’t intend to give up its title.
State Fight: Colorado wages international campaign in space sector
Competition to attract space companies is going global, and Colorado is waging an international campaign.
State Fight: A coast-to-coast battle to bring home the space jobs
With California losing its luster as the aerospace industry’s golden state, a coast-to-coast competition for space companies is heating up.
State Fight: Virginia is for rockets
This could be a pivotal year for the Virginia Space.
Op-ed | Is public capital ready to help fuel the private space economy?
The urge for exploration and human curiosity combined with an enthusiasm for space will create a large market of public space investors, helping provide the capital fuel for an innovative and growing private space industry.
Moon patrols could be a future reality for Space Force
U.S. military space activities today are confined to Earth orbit. As NASA begins to establish a permanent presence at the moon and works with the private sector to develop a cislunar economy, the military foresees playing a role protecting those interests if they were challenged by a foreign power.
Op-ed | Building a robust space economy requires more partnerships
While public-private partnerships are getting a lot of attention, the space industry has not traditionally leveraged non-supply chain partnerships as frequently or as fluidly as some industries.
Commerce Department to develop new estimate of the size of the space economy
An agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce is developing its own estimate of the size of the space industry, the most authoritative effort to date to measure space’s role in the broader economy.
Foust Forward | Bursting the space bubble before it even inflates
One of the central beliefs of advocates of the growing commercial space industry is the concept of the trillion-dollar space economy. What if those numbers — both the current and future size of the space economy — are way too high?
Op-ed | Toward a robust space economy
It is evident we need to examine how to build a robust space economy and infrastructure, one built to accommodate future growth.
