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Payload Research: Detailing Artemis Vehicle R&D Costs
NASA is on pace to exceed $100B of Artemis funding by FY26, according to nominal dollar data from OIG, NASA budgets, and Payload analysis. The program—which has penciled in its first crewed lunar landing by 2026—is one of the most expensive in NASA history. The enormous costs largely accrue to development of the mission’s vehicle.…
Blue Origin’s 2025 Lunar Landing Goal
Blue Origin aims to land its Blue Moon Mark 1 cargo vehicle on the Moon next year, setting an aggressive timeline as the company charts a new course of decisive action and big swings after not reaching orbit in its first two decades of operations.
Blue Origin’s ULA Investment Case: Payload Research
ULA is up for sale, and all signs point to Blue Origin as the buyer.
Payload Research: The Ultra Low-Cost Economics of NASA’s CLPS Lunar Program
The ultimate goal—along with science—is to foster a sustainable commercial lunar market where NASA can add to demand rather than monopolize its own closed-loop economy.
Payload Research: The Space Cybersecurity Landscape and Zero Trust Protocols
Society’s demand for space-based data has fueled growth in the space industry, with 10,000+ satellites in orbit. On top of all that hardware grows an even faster network of interconnected data, software, and mesh networks, working in concert with other connected devices to converse and compute. The data exchange in space presents a near-infinite number…
Predicting SpaceX’s 2024 Revenue
We’re once again dusting off the crystal ball and predicting SpaceX’s 2024 revenue.
