Commercial Space--The Only Way to Fly

By Mark Stout

You may have heard something called ‘commercial space’ is going to significantly change or even revolutionize NASA, and perhaps by extension, the rest of the U.S government’s space requirements as well. As such, let’s unpack the commercial space concept and along the way, clarify its less-than-precise (and somewhat confusing) name.

It’s important to spell out what is really meant by the phrase “commercial space” because unless we do, every for-profit in the space-industrial complex would be considered “commercial space” in that they’re all trying to sell some sort of space goods or services.

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