We learned things about space travel the first time that we’d be wise to remember.
The Apollo moon landings that began in 1969 were spectacular, an unparalleled demonstration of engineering and scientific prowess, not to mention political skill.
And they did. By solving those problems, Apollo laid the foundation for the digital revolution by dramatically accelerating the development of the computer chips that power the world today, and by transforming battery technology that was the first step toward today’s array of devices, from cordless lawnmowers to smartphones and electric cars. But they didn’t know in advance what technologies solving those early spaceflight problems would create.
The new space age is driven by something completely different: economics. That means that space entrepreneurs like Bezos, Musk and Branson aren’t trying to operate “space missions”; they’re trying to lower the cost of spaceflight to the point that it becomes routine. In effect, they’re aiming to create a space economy—a zero gravity infrastructure.
We already have the routine rivalry of capitalism in some parts of the emerging space economy, between companies contending to produce the best kinds of technology and services. That’s happening with small cube-satellites; it’s happening at the other end of the scale, with the development of all-new rockets by SpaceX and Blue Origin.
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