The Next Space Race Won’t Be Won with Bigger Rockets
SpaceX solved one of the biggest problems in the history of the space industry. It made getting to orbit dramatically cheaper. Reusable rockets transformed launch economics and helped turn space from something accessible primarily to governments into a legitimate...
Golden Dome Passed the Test. Now Comes the Hard Part.
America just threw almost everything it could at Golden Dome and Golden Dome shot it all down. That’s the good news. But the less good news is what we didn’t throw at it… Hypersonic missiles. Those...
SpaceX Has a $1 Trillion Blind Spot
SpaceX dominates the global launch business and nobody else is even close… Its reusable Falcon 9 rockets transformed the economics of getting to orbit, dramatically lowering costs while increasing...
This Transportation Revolution Is Going to the Moon
Every great economic expansion has eventually run into the same problem: Transportation. It doesn’t matter how valuable the resources are, how good the products are, or how revolutionary the...
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The Next Space Race Won’t Be Won with Bigger Rockets
SpaceX solved one of the biggest problems in the history of the space industry. It made getting to orbit dramatically cheaper. Reusable rockets transformed launch economics and helped turn space from something accessible primarily to governments into a legitimate...
Golden Dome Passed the Test. Now Comes the Hard Part.
America just threw almost everything it could at Golden Dome and Golden Dome shot it all down. That’s the good news. But the less good news is what we didn’t throw at it… Hypersonic missiles. Those may ultimately be among the most dangerous weapons Golden Dome will...
SpaceX Has a $1 Trillion Blind Spot
SpaceX dominates the global launch business and nobody else is even close… Its reusable Falcon 9 rockets transformed the economics of getting to orbit, dramatically lowering costs while increasing launch frequency. And SpaceX now sends more payload into space...
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The Real “Price Gougers”
When asked what she would do to deal with inflation during her failed presidential campaign, Vice-President Kamala Harris repeatedly talked about battling the bogeyman of price gouging — the idea that retailers jack up prices to pad their profits Now, never mind that...
A Caffeine Jolt for Starbucks
Oh how the mighty have fallen. Once the king of all coffee sellers, Starbucks has stumbled on hard times. In fact, the whole of 2024 had been pretty much a disaster for the company. The company reported a first quarter rise in revenue — but fell short of...