Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

SpaceX Dragon pad abort launch.
Credit: SpaceX

The advancements being made by commercial space organizations – a new way of doing business.

Moreover, many new commercial startups will emerge to take advantage of the extra capacity and reduced pricing to access space.

An article appearing in the Huffington Post has been authored by Greg Autry, a professor that teaches technology entrepreneurship at The Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.

Test flight of New Shepard space vehicle.
Credit: Blue Origin

Rebuilding space dreams

Autry suggests that the Space Age has finally come. That being the case, he sees the promise of savings for American taxpayers, new high-quality jobs and economic opportunities that can’t be predicted.

Now underway, Autry contends, there is a rebuilding of America’s space dreams thanks to the unleashing of market forces.

“A sustainable, market driven economy is emerging from the stagnant cocoon of traditional governmental contracting,” Autry writes.

Concept art depicts United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan booster.
Credit: ULA

Take a read of the article at:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-autry/space-age-finally-arrived-_b_7535648.html

Also, while in the reading mode, dive into an informative study co-authored by Autry on Commercial Space Transportation:

An Analysis of the Competitive Advantage of the United States of America in Commercial Human Orbital Spaceflight Markets

Go to:

http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1089/space.2014.0005