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June 18th, 2025
Book Review: Space to Grow – Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier by Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau, Published by Harvard Business Publishing; Pages: 320 pages; Hardcover $32.00.
“We believe that the space renaissance is just getting started,” explain Weinzierl and Rosseau. “Day by day, in ways big and small, the space revolution marches forward.”
As a foundation, this three-part book – “Establish the Market”; “Refine the Market”; and “Temper the Market” – serves up a dozen chapters that are based on the book’s premise: “The space economy is just that–an economy–governed by the same laws of supply and demand that apply here on Earth.”
This valuable read uses case studies spotlighting the real-world complexity, uncertainty, and excitement of the evolving space sector. Those case studies include decision-making at NASA, Blue Origin, SpaceX, Astroscale, and a variety of space-engaged firms and organizations.
As the authors explain, the book is intended to help you appreciate “not only what is changing in the business and economics of space activities but also why it’s changing and why it matters.”
The book delivers on that intent in many ways, encouraging you to develop your own informed, sophisticated perspective on space and how its development can transform your career, your organization, and the collective future of all of us.
But the volume does more than focus in on the “cashing in” on space endeavors. There are segments, such as the tragedy of the orbital commons, planetary resources and property rights in space, as well as national security and what’s termed as “the military-celestial complex.”
As a unique guidebook, this book is a readable, factual, and behind-the-scenes look at space leaders and the tools of economics at work – to showcase the transformation and future possibilities of the business and economics of space.
For more information on this book, go to:
https://store.hbr.org/product/space-to-grow-unlocking-the-final-economic-frontier/10721
Note: By going to that site, you can also call up a “click to preview” – a helpful way to dive into and appreciate the full volume.
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