NASA’s budget is declining as a percentage of Federal spending, despite recent increases in nominal appropriation. Unfortunately, the draft bills for the 2024 budget suggest that Congress is returning to underfunding NASA programs. While it is important to control America’s growing debt, cutting NASA’s budget is a strategic financial mistake. As a business school professor, …
This article serves as the fourth installment in a series on Lunar Orbital Congestion. In my previous articles, “Lunar Orbital Congestion Is Gonna Be A Thing” and “Lunar Orbital Congestion II: Economic and Strategic Drivers,” I argued that satellite congestion around the Moon will become a prominent issue sooner than expected. There is a high …
In my previous articles, “Lunar Orbital Congestion Is Gonna Be A Thing” and “Lunar Orbital Congestion II: Economic and Strategic Drivers,” I proposed that orbital congestion and debris would become a challenge around the Moon sooner than anticipated. To summarize, there is a growing interest in lunar development, the cost of reaching the Moon is …