Students carry a rocket on their shoulders in this still from a promotional video for the $1 million Base 11 Space Challenge.

How to inspire the next generation to push the boundaries of space?

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Bank of America Merrill Lynch forecasts that the commercial space industry will reach a total market size of $2.7 trillion by 2035. While women and minorities were left behind in the technology boom in Silicon Valley, we can’t let the same thing happen with space.

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SN Military.Space | Who’s who in the national security space workforce • Doubts raised about cost of Space Force • U.S., Brazil to share space data

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Outside the national security space community, few people grasp the breadth of activities and missions that might one day transition to a Space Force, if and when Congress votes to create one.

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"A growing talent gap is one of the biggest economic, cultural, and security risk this nation faces in the critical next two decades."

Op-ed | Talent gap jeopardizes space business, national security

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A growing talent gap is one of the biggest economic, cultural, and security risk this nation faces in the critical next two decades.

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