lucas charleston says there are over a hundred start up launch companies right now. He thinks the earlier companies that did this drove technologies that have made their way into other am either parts of the satellites to reduce the cost and mass cause. But when i think of exploration, i think advancing a space frontier, going farther on to objects that have never been previously explored, explorted. I do not see a business model for that.
Mining on the moon? Owning an asteroid? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice answer questions about the private space industry, the role of NASA, and the future of space law with former Deputy Administrator of NASA, Lori Garver.
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