{"id":128509,"date":"2019-07-25T11:30:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/space-the-investment-frontier-the-companies-that-are-reaching-for-the-stars\/"},"modified":"2019-07-25T11:30:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T11:30:07","slug":"space-the-investment-frontier-the-companies-that-are-reaching-for-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/space-the-investment-frontier-the-companies-that-are-reaching-for-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Space, the investment frontier: The companies that are reaching for the stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/assets\/uploads\/main-image\/cam_standard_article_main_image\/space-shuttle-endeavour-makes-last-trip-to-iss-under-command-of-astronaut-mark-kelly-114951190-566166608d567-960x600.jpg\"\/><figcaption>The companies that are commercialising the cosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon 50 years ago, space was the exclusive domain of two superpowers.<\/p>\n<p>Now it has become perhaps the ultimate competitive arena for two tech giants \u2014 not to mention a host of other private enterprises that see untold promise and profits in reaching for the stars.<\/p>\n<p>On 4 October 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik I, the first-ever artificial satellite. It marked a major step forward in Soviet efforts to develop an orbiting nuclear-strike capability and was the first telling blow of the original \u201cspace race\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Today, as the conquest of space enters a radically different era, the Cold War is long forgotten. The US and Russia have joined a dozen other nations in a quest to \u201cexpand human presence into the solar system\u201d, and the United Nations has opened an Office for Outer Space Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Yet by far the most significant shift is that companies, not countries, are now leading the way.<\/p>\n<p>Two in particular are at the forefront: Blue Origin, established in 2000 by Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos; and SpaceX, established in 2002 by Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk. Space is no longer the exclusive preserve of a select few government agencies: it is the stellar playground of tech billionaires.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin made history by completing the first-ever landing of a reusable rocket. SpaceX launched the most powerful working rocket ever constructed. Both have rapidly cemented their positions as go-to contractors for Nasa and other space agencies, as well as for telecommunications companies that continue to add to the thousands of man-made satellites circling the Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Reusable rockets operate at a fraction of the cost of their government-funded counterparts, and have quickly come to constitute a reliable business model. This has allowed Bezos and Musk to muscle in on territory that was for decades dominated by long-standing Nasa suppliers, such as aerospace giants Boeing and Lockheed Martin.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Bransons Virgin Galactic is pursuing similar objectives. So, too, are the numerous startups that are increasingly entering the burgeoning market for commercial space travel.<\/p>\n<p>As has been witnessed in other technology-driven sectors, the pie is likely to be divided into ever-thinner pieces \u2013 and some of the smallest and most nimble competitors could prove to be among the genuine game-changers.<\/p>\n<p>The emergence of a robust and even crowded marketplace, particularly one in which entrepreneurship is a key dynamic, raises a number of difficult questions. Is space the next investment frontier? Who controls space? Who owns space? As leading British space scientist Professor Monica Grady has observed: \u201cOnce investment starts to flow, lawyers wont be far behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Outer Space Treaty, which is overseen by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/space-the-investment-frontier-a-look-at-the-companies-that-are-reaching-for-the-stars\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The companies that are commercialising the cosmos<br \/>\nWhen Neil ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128510,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Space, the investment frontier: The companies that are reaching for the stars - 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