Author of Red Moon Rising: How America Will Beat China on the Final Frontier.
Director Space Leadership, Policy & Business Thunderbird School of Global Management, ASU. Fmr. Chair, Safety Working Group, Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC), FAA. NASA
The Tipping Point In Commercial Spaceflight: 20 Years Ago Today
Twenty years ago, an unlikely group of aircraft designers and renegade commercial rocket engineers launched a civilian astronaut into space, upending the space industry.
Small Rockets, Big Future: Room At The Bottom Of The Launch Market
Exciting competition at the lower end of the New Space Race. Small launch vehicles and innovative payloads promise a revolution in space technology and operations.
Space Race 2.0 Is On: Chang’e 6 Heads To The Moon
The Chang'e 6 spacecraft then separated and is now on its way to the Moon. The craft's landing slight offers a dig at America's space pioneers and a challenge to NASA.
The New World On Mars: 2024 Space Reading List
Frankly, when Bob Zubrin has a new book out, you could just skip my review and buy it, but here we go with the first book on my 2024 space reading list.
The Mineral Supply Chain And The New Space Race
This bright future only materializes for everyone if America takes the lead and space minerals are extracted and sold by private actors in a free market.
Racing For Place In The New Space Race: Customers Seek Launch Options
Relativity Space is aiming to capture the strategic opportunity presented by this market gap with their reusable rocket, Terran R.
Pennywise, Future Foolish: Congress Moves To Cut NASA Science Budget
Congressional appropriators cutting the NASA budget fail to understand the importance of future returns on their spending choices.
Lunar Orbital Congestion IV- Policy Recommendations
Greg Autry offers nine concrete policy proposals for keeping lunar orbits free of satellite congestion and debris.
Lunar Orbital Congestion III: The Nitty Gritty Of Ejecta
In my previous articles, Lunar Orbital Congestion Is Gonna Be A Thing and Lunar Orbital Congestion II: Economic and Strategic Drivers, I suggested that orbital congest...
Lunar Orbital Congestion II: Economic and Strategic Drivers
The 2nd in a series, this article considers economic forces driving lunar orbital congestion and competition over locations strategic locations in the Earth-Moon system.