# space industry (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover space industry. Page: Feed: --- ## [How Could Non-Radio Technosignatures Reveal Extraterrestrial Intelligence?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/22/how-could-non-radio-technosignatures-reveal-extraterrestrial-intelligence/) _2026-08-22 · NSE · New Space Economy_ Frank Drake’s Project Ozma began in 1960 with a radio telescope at Green Bank, West Virginia, and set the public image of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) as a listening exercise. Radio made scientific sense. It could cross interstellar distances, pass through much of the interstellar medium, carry narrowband artificial-looking patterns, and use technology already available to… ## [How Do Space-Based Applications Serve Industries Across the Global Economy?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/21/how-do-space-based-applications-serve-industries-across-the-global-economy/) _2026-08-22 · NSE · New Space Economy_ The EU Space Market Report 2026, published by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), identifies 16 downstream market segments, ranging from agriculture and aviation to finance, infrastructure, transportation, security, and urban development. That classification provides a concrete starting point for understanding space-based applications as economic infrastructure rather than… ## [Can Space Launch Cost Asymmetries Reshape Geopolitical Power?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/21/can-space-launch-cost-asymmetries-reshape-geopolitical-power/) _2026-08-22 · NSE · New Space Economy_ In 2025, Alessio Terzi and Francesco Nicoli estimate an average launch cost of $3,225 per kilogram for the United States and $9,897 per kilogram for Europe, measured in 2024 U.S. dollars and standardized to low Earth orbit. India stands at $13,302 per kilogram, Russia at $6,682, China at $5,809, and Japan at $5,287. Those space launch cost asymmetries form the central empirical result of… ## [Can the National Space Transportation Policy Deliver 1,000 Launches and Reentries a Year?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/21/can-the-national-space-transportation-policy-deliver-1000-launches-and-reentries-a-year/) _2026-08-21 · NSE · New Space Economy_ On August 20, 2026, President Donald Trump signed the new National Space Transportation Policy, designated National Security Presidential Memorandum 17, or NSPM-17. It replaces the 2013 national space transportation policy and directs federal agencies to prepare U.S. space transportation ranges for more than 1,000 launches and reentries each year by 2030. The accompanying White House fact sheet… ## [Spaceport Financial Model for Construction, Operations, Services, Revenue, and Regulation](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/21/spaceport-financial-model-for-construction-operations-services-revenue-and-regulation/) _2026-08-21 · NSE · New Space Economy_ A spaceport financial model starts with a location decision, a launch market assumption, and a regulatory pathway. Unlike a conventional airport, a spaceport may support rockets, suborbital vehicles, reentry vehicles, test campaigns, payload processing, training, research, tourism, and defense and security missions. The business case depends on whether the site serves vertical launch, horizontal… ## [What Does the New Mars Science Strategy Mean for Human Exploration of Mars?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/20/what-does-the-new-mars-science-strategy-mean-for-human-exploration-of-mars/) _2026-08-20 · NSE · New Space Economy_ On December 9, 2025, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine publicly released A Science Strategy for the Human Exploration of Mars, a consensus study published as a 2026 National Academies Press volume. The study does something more specific than propose another Mars mission architecture. It identifies what humans should try to discover after reaching Mars and works backward… ## [How Will Martian Dust Exposure Limits Shape Human Mars Missions?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/20/how-will-martian-dust-exposure-limits-shape-human-mars-missions/) _2026-08-20 · NSE · New Space Economy_ On July 14, 2026, NASA approved Revision F of NASA-STD-3001, Volume 2, adding a dedicated Martian Dust Contamination requirement to the agency’s human-system standard. As of August 19, 2026, Revision F is the published version available through NASA’s standards program. Its new requirement, V2 6253, tells designers to keep Martian dust particles smaller than 10 μm in habitable air below a… ## [What Do We Know About Mars Based on All Mars Exploration Missions?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/20/what-do-we-know-about-mars-based-on-all-mars-exploration-missions/) _2026-08-20 · NSE · New Space Economy_ More than 50 years of robotic missions have changed Mars from a telescopic mystery into the most closely studied planet beyond Earth. The combined record from orbiters, landers, rovers, atmospheric probes, and radar instruments shows that Mars once had rivers, lakes, groundwater systems, volcanoes, impact basins, polar ice, dust storms, weather, and chemical environments that could have supported… ## [What Would an AWS International Restriction Cost Amazon?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/19/what-would-an-aws-international-restriction-cost-amazon/) _2026-08-19 · NSE · New Space Economy_ Amazon Web Services generated $42.2 billion of sales and $16.6 billion of operating income during the quarter ended June 30, 2026. For the trailing 12 months, AWS produced $148.4 billion of revenue and $54.7 billion of operating income, according to Amazon’s Q2 2026 results. That made AWS far more financially significant to Amazon than its share of corporate revenue might suggest. AWS accounted… ## [Could Nuclear Asteroid Defense Stop a Large Near-Earth Object?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/19/could-nuclear-asteroid-defense-stop-a-large-near-earth-object/) _2026-08-19 · NSE · New Space Economy_ On May 18, 2026, Space: Science & Technology published the Wang et al. study, a research paper that puts nuclear asteroid defense at the center of a specific engineering problem: what can be done if a large near-Earth asteroid is discovered too late for slow deflection methods. The authors, led by Xiaowei Wang of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, study targets with equivalent… ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/m97Z8HzmPzRE) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Why Did the White House Remove Data Centers, Batteries, and AR From the U.S. National Security Technology List?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/19/why-did-the-white-house-remove-data-centers-batteries-and-ar-from-the-u-s-national-security-technology-list/) _2026-08-19 · NSE · New Space Economy_ On August 19, 2026, Tom’s Hardware drew attention to a striking feature of the White House’s new technology strategy: several technologies that had appeared explicitly on the federal Critical and Emerging Technologies list in 2024 no longer appear in its 2026 successor. Advanced cloud services, high-performance data storage and data centers, batteries, grid-integration technologies, advanced gas… ## [How Could Artificial Intelligence Help Humanity Communicate With Extraterrestrial Intelligence?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/19/how-could-artificial-intelligence-help-humanity-communicate-with-extraterrestrial-intelligence/) _2026-08-19 · NSE · New Space Economy_ In January 2023, a student-led team working with Breakthrough Listen data reported eight candidate technosignature signals found through a deep-learning search of 820 nearby stars observed with the Green Bank Telescope. The candidates did not repeat when researchers tried follow-up observations, so they did not become evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence. The finding still showed why… ## [Can Space-Based Solar Power Become a Competitive Source of Firm Clean Energy?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/18/can-space-based-solar-power-become-a-competitive-source-of-firm-clean-energy/) _2026-08-19 · NSE · New Space Economy_ On February 13, 2026, the UK government published a 94-page study examining whether smaller space-based solar power systems could begin commercial deployment during the 2030s. The study followed a 2021 UK assessment and moved the discussion beyond gigawatt-scale concepts by examining an intermediate system capable of delivering power measured in megawatts. The small-scale SBSP feasibility study… ## [What Does the 2026 National Security Science and Technology Strategy Mean for the Space Economy?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/18/what-does-the-2026-national-security-science-and-technology-strategy-mean-for-the-space-economy/) _2026-08-18 · NSE · New Space Economy_ In August 2026, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy placed space alongside undersea capabilities and artificial intelligence and autonomy among three priority areas for U.S. battlefield dominance and power projection. The new National Security Science and Technology Strategy (NSSTS) ties federally supported research and development to the objectives of the 2025 National… ## [Has a Second Space Age Turned Space Into Industrial Infrastructure?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/18/has-a-second-space-age-turned-space-into-industrial-infrastructure/) _2026-08-18 · NSE · New Space Economy_ On June 15, 2026, SpaceX completed its initial public offering, issuing 638,888,888 Class A shares at $135 per share and generating $85.675 billion in net proceeds after underwriting commissions and offering costs. The transaction placed one of the world’s largest launch, satellite communications, and space technology companies directly inside public capital markets on a scale rarely associated… ## [What Is the U.S. Space Force Becoming as Its Mission, Budget, and Acquisition System Expand?](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2026/08/18/what-is-the-u-s-space-force-becoming-as-its-mission-budget-and-acquisition-system-expand/) _2026-08-18 · NSE · New Space Economy_ The U.S. Space Force entered 2026 with a fiscal year 2027 funding request large enough to change the scale of a military service created less than seven years earlier. The August 10, 2026 Congressional Research Service primer calculates a $71.3 billion total request, consisting of $59.2 billion in discretionary funding and $12.1 billion in anticipated mandatory funding. The Department of the Air… ## [Trajectory Maneuvers #30](https://www.thescicommspace.com/p/trajectory-maneuvers-30) _2026-05-29 · The SciComm Space_ SciComm Opportunities in the Space Industry ## [Trajectory Maneuvers #29](https://www.thescicommspace.com/p/trajectory-maneuvers-29) _2026-05-15 · The SciComm Space_ SciComm Opportunities in the Space Industry ## [Trajectory Maneuvers #28](https://www.thescicommspace.com/p/trajectory-maneuvers-28) _2026-05-01 · The SciComm Space_ SciComm Opportunities in the Space Industry ## [Trajectory Maneuvers #27](https://www.thescicommspace.com/p/trajectory-maneuvers-27) _2026-04-03 · The SciComm Space_ SciComm Opportunities in the Space Industry ## [Privacy-first AI-native browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8f5B6Gg4rFn9) _2026-04-03 · **Sponsored**_ No telemetry or ads — built on Ungoogled Chromium with a built-in AI sidebar and CLI. ## [The Petrova Protocol: Communicating at the End of the World](https://www.thescicommspace.com/p/the-petrova-protocol-communicating) _2026-03-20 · Andrea Lloyd · The SciComm Space_ A Communications Plan for the Fictitious Project Hail Mary ## [DroneBench: Measuring LLM Capabilities in UAV Design](https://josh-holder.github.io/projects/featured/drone-bench/) _2026-03-20 · josh holder · josh holder_ A neverending holy war rages on Twitter over the future of the robotic form factor; legged or wheeled, highly general or hyperspecialized, Figure or ABB. Overlooked in these debates, like water to a fish, is the most common robotic form factor in our society - the drone. And as the fiber-optic-laden fields of Ukraine have shown us, drones are here to stay. Drones will be one of the first vectors… ## [Trajectory Maneuvers #26](https://www.thescicommspace.com/p/trajectory-maneuvers-26) _2026-03-06 · The SciComm Space_ SciComm Opportunities in the Space Industry ## [The Freelance Lie: Why the 'Average' Writer Must Publish a Novel Every Month](https://www.thescicommspace.com/p/the-freelance-lie-why-the-average) _2026-02-24 · Andrea Lloyd · The SciComm Space_ Analyzing a decade of entries from the "Who Pays Writers?" anonymous database ## [Trajectory Maneuvers #25](https://www.thescicommspace.com/p/trajectory-maneuvers-25) _2026-02-20 · The SciComm Space_ SciComm Opportunities in the Space Industry ## [Trajectory Maneuvers #24 (with NASA Summer Internships)](https://www.thescicommspace.com/p/trajectory-maneuvers-24-with-nasa) _2026-02-06 · The SciComm Space_ SciComm Opportunities in the Space Industry ## [Trajectory Maneuvers v2](https://www.thescicommspace.com/p/trajectory-maneuvers-v2) _2026-02-05 · The SciComm Space_ A refresh of the scicomm space jobs newsletter ## [Simulation is the New High Ground](https://josh-holder.github.io/writings/simulation/) _2026-02-01 · josh holder · josh holder_ In which I make the argument that writing effective simulations will become vitally important to shipping code safely and efficiently in a world with coding agents. Read it on Substack: https://joshholder.substack.com/p/simulation-is-the-new-high-ground ## [Safety Without Understanding: Lessons from Waymo](https://josh-holder.github.io/writings/featured/waymo/) _2025-10-05 · josh holder · josh holder_ In which I describe Waymo’s safety strategy, and why I think it could be good news for alignment and safety in domains like LLMs and humanoid robotics. Read it on Substack: https://joshholder.substack.com/p/safety-without-understanding-lessons ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ctAY2wArsnrq) _2025-10-05 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [LLMs, Spiritual Bliss, and the Boeing 777](https://josh-holder.github.io/writings/bliss_attractors/) _2025-09-17 · josh holder · josh holder_ In which I draw lessons from classical control theory to argue that LLM attractor states are more dangerous, and less blissful, than they seem. Read it on Substack: https://joshholder.substack.com/p/llms-spiritual-bliss-and-the-boeing