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I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the article. It contains a number of interesting details I had not heard before and I follow the industry to some d
by vanattab 10y ago
I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the article. It contains a number of interesting details I had not heard before and I follow the industry to some degree.
- igravious 10y agoI agree. Interesting times ahead for the entire industry. In the grand scheme of things, according to the article, SpaceX may be getting the lion's share of the attention (at least on this site) but innovation in “smallsats” and small rockets is the more likely path to revolutionising and democratising space. So many projects to keep an eye on: Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, Virgin Galactic, and the oh so cute Firefly (I want them to succeed based on their name alone!). http://infographics.economist.com/TQ/images/scrollchart_bg.png http://infographics.economist.com/TQ/images/scrollchart_bg.p... And so many satellite companies … OneWeb http://oneweb.world/ http://oneweb.world/ being (perhaps) the most intriguing. The next five years are going to be very very interesting. edit: SpaceX caveat; Of course if it is the long term mission of Musk & co. to enable humanity to go multi-planetary then they are in a different ball-game to all but national operators really …