Space Fact #31: 85% of NASA’s Budget Goes to Private Industry
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The Apollo mission directed 85% of its budget—more than $100 million—to private companies. That percentage holds true to this day.
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Space Fact #30: 16 Companies Compete in Space
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Sixteen private companies compete in space, along with three commercial wings of national space agencies.
Read MoreOur Next Economy
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To regain our competitive leadership, we need to build our economy on something new, using a quality and degree of expertise no other nation has obtained. What could that new economic engine be? And are we capable of creating it?
We have a brilliant precedent: the flying machine.
Read MoreMission to Planet Earth
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Space offers an unparalleled vantage point for viewing Earth. Only by backing away from our planet can we truly see our tenuous life and how closely related we are. Only from space can we obtain the global data we need to unravel the mysteries of our home planet.
Read MoreHow Much Does It Cost to Launch a Satellite?
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It costs $50 million to $500 million to put a satellite into low Earth orbit.
Read MoreIf I Were King
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I was talking to a friend about America’s civil space program recently, telling all about its benefits to the economy, STEM, and America’s standing in the world. Just as I was winding up, he interrupted me.
“What if you were king of America? For a whole decade. What exactly would you do with space?”
Read MoreSpace Fact #29: SpaceX Got $3B in NASA Contracts
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Elon Musk put up $100 million of his own money for SpaceX and received $3 billion in contracts from NASA
Read MoreSteep Trajectory of Rising Achievement
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Seeing the overall mission as one of conquering and then escaping the Gravity Well lets us focus also on the need to settle as well as explore. It is this connection that makes this investment so practically valuable for everyday citizens.
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