Whereas the last space race was powered by ideology and meant to declare the superiority of one economic system over the other; this one is powered by 3D printing and will pit firms against one another for untold riches.

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The opportunities for satellite networks, planetary colonization, in-space manufacturing, mining and space tourism seem incredible. Incredibly optimistic, most of all. Personally, space exploration and travel seems fantastic to me. The business models and long term profitability of these businesses seem tenuous, however. Yes, the opportunities are huge but if we look at investments in space the generally come from communications companies through television internet and phone communications, science projects such as ISS and defense. With the space companies themselves venturing into satellite networks it seems likely that there will be a few integrated satellite, tv, movies and music alliances that will win big, and a lot of losers. Science seems […]

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