In The Know
Key Facts About The Private Space Industry
THE ARTEMIS MISSION AND WHY IT MATTERS
Introduction Only a few decades ago, space flight was a rare national event. Today reusable rockets land on ocean barges, and thousands of satellites shape how people communicate, travel, and trade. Analysts now value the global space economy in the hundreds of billions of dollars, and it grows each year. Space flight is more than […]
MOON BASE OR NOTHING
NASA IS HEADED TO THE MOONS SURFACE NASA has just pivoted hard toward a permanent Moon base at the south pole, with a multi‑billion‑dollar plan to assemble the first surface outpost in stages between now and roughly 2030–2036 using a mix of NASA hardware, commercial landers, and international partners.flyingmag+4 Big picture: what NASA just announced […]
SPACECRAFT PROTECTION
I remember the two Space Shuttle diseasters as I watched them on TV. It turned out they were problems with the rocket exteriors and shields. I hope never to see that happen again. When a microscopic piece of orbital debris slams into a satellite at 16,000 miles per hour, the result is typically catastrophic—unless that […]
Fund Space Companies
Financing Space Business 10 Emerging Space Industry Startups Seeking Funding & Their Services by Donald O’Brien