Working in space and satellite is technically challenging.  Our friends in social media, online shopping, and ridesharing have it easy by comparison. It can be thrilling. Who else launches and lands rockets, or flies by planets and asteroids? It can be a roller-coaster ride — especially now, when business models are being tested to the limit…

What’s the proper dividing line between what government does and what business does? This is not a political question — it is meant in the context of the space industry. There used to be a pretty bright dividing line. There was NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and other space agencies in civilian space, and…

Remember the talking car? You would have to be of a certain age to do so. And I’m not talking about Knight Rider, the TV show about the robot car that was smarter than the guy driving it. I’m talking about real automobiles that talked to you. It was the bright idea of automakers back…

There is a gap running down the center of the world. A gap between the privileged, and those struggling for access. Access to good work, knowledge, and the means to pursue their calling and preserve their communities. More than half of the world’s population has no access to the internet, according to the United Nations…