Welcome to the SpaceCom Column - where we ask the hard questions, illuminate opportunities and challenges facing our nation, allies & the space industry overall, and facilitate the critical dialogue necessary to navigate the complex landscape of space. Expect to see these topics as part of the Commercial Space Week conference programs.
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Supporting a trillion-dollar space economy will require finding and retaining skilled workers to build the rockets, satellites, and the ecosystem of suppliers and services to make everything work.
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As Starship moves beyond R&D into operations, Falcon 9 launches are going to continue to increase pace with an anticipated average of a launch every 2.5 days in 2024. Meanwhile, ULA’s Atlas, the workhorse of national defense, will close out its history by launching Kuiper satellites for Amazon whil
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Having two qualified vendors for launch services in any market segment is not enough, especially in a fast-growing arena where the Department of Defense anticipates putting up hundreds of satellites for its own use on the one hand and is preparing for a contested high-ground on the other as Russia a
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Supporting a trillion-dollar space economy will require finding and retaining skilled workers to build the rockets, satellites, and the ecosystem of suppliers and services to make everything work.)
As Starship moves beyond R&D into operations, Falcon 9 launches are going to continue to increase pace with an anticipated average of a launch every 2.5 days in 2024. Meanwhile, ULA’s Atlas, the workhorse of national defense, will close out its history by launching Kuiper satellites for Amazon whil ...)
Having two qualified vendors for launch services in any market segment is not enough, especially in a fast-growing arena where the Department of Defense anticipates putting up hundreds of satellites for its own use on the one hand and is preparing for a contested high-ground on the other as Russia a ...