Here are some of the most prominent commercial players in the new space race. Look beyond the rockets to the utilities...
Public-private partnerships are key to innovation. Government agencies bring the R&D scale and regulatory stability, while the private sector offers agile capital, competitive speed and “fail-fast” execution.
These collaborative efforts can take initiatives farther with higher impacts . The rise of a new lunar economy is another prime example. This month, humanity witnessed the Artemis II mission blast off — ferrying astronauts toward the moon and back for the first time in half a century.
As NASA seeks a dual strategy to establish a permanent moon base and launch interplanetary spacecraft featuring nuclear propulsion, they’re bringing big tech into the picture. The upshot: NASA has announced two critical initiatives to solve the logistics of deep space.
First, the Fission Surface Power project aims to demonstrate a small nuclear reactor to provide continuous energy for a lunar base, an important need considering lunar nights last for two Earth weeks. Second, for their upcoming Mars missions, they’re developing a nuclear reactor that generates electricity for the spacecraft’s thrusters to maximize speed, cost and efficiency. To meet their timelines, they’re leaning on a select group of commercial players who already have experience launching and landing payloads.
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