Greg Autry

Contributor|Science

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

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2,400 viewsJun 21, 2024

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.

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1,032 viewsJun 15, 2024

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.

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2,941 viewsMay 4, 2024

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.

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611 viewsFeb 20, 2024

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.

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3,768 viewsDec 16, 2023

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.

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3,619 viewsNov 15, 2023

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.

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2,755 viewsJul 27, 2023

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.

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859 viewsJul 10, 2023

Lunar Orbital Congestion IV- Policy Recommendations

Greg Autry offers nine concrete policy proposals for keeping lunar orbits free of satellite congestion and debris.

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1,706 viewsJun 22, 2023

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...

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1,080 viewsMay 27, 2023

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.