Category Archives: Business

Business, Economics, Space, Technology and Society

Space Solar Power

December 23, 2021 Rand Simberg 2 Comments

ESA recently had a symposium on the topic, and the video is now available.

Business, Economics, Political Commentary, Space, Technology and Society

Why Falcon Succeeded

December 22, 2021 Rand Simberg 12 Comments

…where the Space Shuttle failed.

Related Twitter thread between me and Peter:

After 6 years of Falcon landings; my post comparing the trajectories of the early Shuttle program and Falcon 9 https://t.co/wq8bxj67F5
— Peter Hague (@peterrhague) December 22, 2021

Business, Economics, Space, Space Science, Technology and Society

Seeing The Potential

December 20, 2021 Rand Simberg 26 Comments

Planetary scientists are starting to understand just how much Starship changes everything.

[December 20th update]

The science upside for Starship.

[Bumped]

Business, Space

Another Blue Origin Employee Jumping Ship

December 20, 2021 Rand Simberg 4 Comments

Excited to embark on this new voyage! https://t.co/uPUaDkO3u9
— Clay Mowry (@ClayMowry) December 20, 2021

Business, Economics, Space, Technology and Society

How Starship Changes Everything

December 17, 2021 Rand Simberg 33 Comments

My latest essay at The New Atlantis has come out from behind the paywall.

Transterrestrial Musings