In 2018, natural disasters claimed 10,400 lives and caused $160 billion worth of damage, according to German reinsurer Munich Re. That’s down from $350 billion and 13,000 lives lost in 2017. With climate change accelerating at a terrifying pace, the numbers are likely to surge upward again. Given a disaster response “market” of that size,…

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…