How Private Capital And Innovation Will Redefine U.S. Space Strategy – Forbes
Today’s space sector is at an inflection point, poised to capitalize on the tech sector’s gains from cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Just a decade ago, the space economy was dominated by large, school bus-sized satellites. These billion-dollar workhorses served military, intelligence, and civil agencies well for decades, with slow improvements made to their subsystems. Then, much like the tech tsunami that rendered mainframe computers obsolete in the ’80s and ’90s, the space industry experienced its own revolution.
Today’s space sector is at an inflection point, poised to capitalize on the tech sector’s gains from cloud computing and artificial intelligence. Just a decade ago, the space economy was dominated by large, school bus-sized satellites. These billion-dollar workhorses served military, intelligence, and civil agencies well for decades, with slow improvements made to their subsystems. Then, much like the tech tsunami that rendered mainframe computers obsolete in the ’80s and ’90s, the space industry experienced its own revolution.
