Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Commercial providers like SpaceX contract with NASA to fulfill the agency's rocket launch needs. Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP Private ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. Private companies are no longer peripheral participants in U.S. space activities. They provide key services, including launching and ...

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Private companies are no longer peripheral participants in U.S. space activities. They provide key services, including launching and deploying satellites, transporting cargo and astronauts to the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Johns Hopkins University (THE CONVERSATION) Private companies are ...

Plan B exists on paper, but in reality it is still under construction. Strategic permanence in space requires options The stakes will only grow. As the United States expands into cislunar space – the ...