Aerospace is in the midst of a broad-based renaissance. Smallsat and Cubesat architectures are enabling numerous commercial operators to provide remote sensing and communications constellations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), areas that have recently only been serviced by large, expensive systems. Commercial space station developers are also knocking on the door of deploying the first…

Just as the early railroads transformed the American West and spurred an economic boom across our then young nation, commercial activity in space is blossoming. Expansion of these activities, especially in-space manufacturing, will expand human activity outward and lead to new American economic booms. While the promise of commercial activities in space may be as…