Some decades ago, it was a general
opinion that only governments and national entities were leading the space
race. For instance the space race between the Soviet Union and United States.
It was more like a competition at that time. This resulted into several revolutionary
space technologies. The best example for this is the International Space
Station- the united effort of five space agencies.
But the last time we went to
the moon was some 40 years ago and ISS is also 20 years old. So we certainly
need something new.
Now the times have changed
because it seems like the fate of our space dream is in the hands of a new
generation of entrepreneurs like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. This is the age of
privatized space.
Commercial space companies,
like SpaceX and Blue Origin, are taking space out of the hands of governments
and giving it to the people.
Now this is where I would to
mention New York Center for Space Entrepreneurship (NYCSE). Briefly their chief
goal is to accelerate humanity’s journey into space by making space affordable.
They plan to achieve this by
working with companies, investors, and other entities interested in space
travel.
You can learn the detailed
view of how they will work here. Co-founder of NYCSE, Sidney Nakahodo, says: “our
space projects are transforming at an unprecedented rate. He states that the
“convergence of decreasing costs, access to launching opportunities, and fast
technology evolution has propelled innovation in new products, services, and
business models” is and ushering is into “a new era of space entrepreneurship.”
In case you missed it, NYCSE’s
initiatives were unveiled at Knotel.
Lastly, I would like to give
my personal opinion here, this is the real deal and we are about to witness a
completely new era of space exploration. I am very excited about it, are you?