Commercial Space Outlook

Commercial space ready to take the lead, opinion, Alan Stern, Orlando Sentinel
“For too long, the economy of Florida’s Space Coast has been too heavily dependent on a small number of huge government projects. This narrow business model calls to mind the adage “if you only own one stock, you probably deserve what you get when it goes down.” … Fortunately though, the dawning era of commercial American space efforts is giving rise to a far wider variety of new space systems and projects with refreshingly diverse markets and backers. The opportunity is there to create a Florida space economy that will be far more robust than any in the past 50 years.”