The economics of getting to space are about to undergo a massive change. A new breed of rocket scientists have arrived with small, low-cost spaceships. In this episode of Sooner Than You Think,...
========== Imagine our world expanding to a base on the moon.Or an internet that comes from space.It all might come Sooner Than You Think.The biggest thing keeping humans from invading space is the cost of rockets.Historically, getting to orbit has been pricey.Somewhere between 100 million and 300 million dollars a pop.And that’s kept the pace of launches stuck at only around 100 per year.But if you look not so far into the future, there are signs that number will go up. Way up.SpaceX proved that private companies can get to space on the cheap. And also come back home.They’ve brought the cost of launch down from hundreds of millions to tens of millions.In the process, they’ve ignited a 21st century rocket revolution.And now about ten startups are chasing them to space.Th...
