The Commercialization of Low Earth Orbit: Marketing to the New Space Economy
For half a century, selling to space essentially meant winning a government contract. The procurement cycle was long, the paperwork was immense, and the buyer pool was minimal. If you weren’t in the Lockheed, Boeing, or Northrop ecosystem, you largely were playing from behind from the onset. The recent appearance of the current launch revolution has changed that considerably, particularly in the low orbit sphere.
