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December 27, 2021

What's Weather Prediction Worth?

December 27, 2021/ Jay Heinrichs
What's Weather Prediction Worth?

One aspect of the space economy tends to get overlooked: weather. Without space, we'd be in trouble.

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December 27, 2021/ Jay Heinrichs/ Comment
Economy
Climate, NASA, Economy
September 20, 2021

Is Space Worth It?

September 20, 2021/ Jay Heinrichs
Is Space Worth It?

The most common argument against a publicly funded space program is that we can’t afford it, given the government’s many other priorities. The most common answer is that space makes an excellent public investment. But if it is a good investment, why not leave space to private investors?

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September 20, 2021/ Jay Heinrichs/ 1 Comment
Economy, Budget
Economy, Space policy
December 14, 2020

How Government Catalyzes Space

December 14, 2020/ Steve Sandford
How Government Catalyzes Space

It's a mistake to think that private industry has taken over space. Government catalyzes the space economy in three ways: assuming risk, pushing the bounds of technology, and issuing contracts.

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December 14, 2020/ Steve Sandford/ Comment
Economy
NASA, Economy, Elon Musk
August 17, 2018

Where in Space Do Your Taxes Go?

August 17, 2018/ Steve Sandford
Where in Space Do Your Taxes Go?

Most of NASA's budget doesn't go toward NASA employees building equipment. It goes toward private contracts. 

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August 17, 2018/ Steve Sandford/ Comment
Economy
Economy
May 04, 2018

Where We Are in the Gravity Well

May 04, 2018/ Jay Heinrichs
Where We Are in the Gravity Well

Here at the bottom of the Well, we have already worked wonders.

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May 04, 2018/ Jay Heinrichs/ 1 Comment
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What's Weather Prediction Worth?
What's Weather Prediction Worth?
about 3 years ago

One aspect of the space economy tends to get overlooked: weather. Without space, we'd be in trouble.

Orbital Rush Hour
Orbital Rush Hour
about 3 years ago

It really wasn’t that long ago when the two greatest superpowers were vying to put satellites into space. Now, 50 nations have their own satellites in low Earth orbit. If you’re a Thailand, say, you can call Space Systems/Loral, a Canadian-owned company based in Palo Alto, California, and tell them you want to put a satellite into geostationary orbit for television broadcasting or military communications. You can have the thing in orbit 25,000 miles above Earth within two years. 

Missing: Audacity
Missing: Audacity
about 3 years ago

The good news: current leadership is working on renewing NASA.

The bad news: they’re working without the audacious national mission we need. It’s as if NASA is a boxer training without any fight scheduled.

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