Tech Briefs Magazine - August 2022 - 18

The
Commercial Future
of Low-Earth Orbit
Creating a robust LEO economy will be dependent not only
on bringing people, but also many new businesses as well
as technology capabilities into space.
" G
odspeed, fellas. Let's go have some fun. " These
were the words of encouragement from mission
control at the Kennedy Space Center - only this
time for the first private astronaut mission that
launched on a mission to the International Space Station
(ISS) on April 8, 2022. Four private astronauts, including
former NASA astronaut Michael López-Alegría and three
paying customers: real-estate entrepreneur Larry Connor,
Canadian businessman Mark Pathy, and Israeli investor Eytan
Stibbe, made history that day by flying to low-Earth orbit
(LEO) on the first wholly private mission to the ISS.
The Axiom mission, called Ax-1, organized by the Houston-based
Axiom Space, wasn't the first time an all-private
astronaut crew flew to space. That milestone was set by
SpaceX in 2021 when it launched four private astronauts on
a three-day orbital flight. It is, however, the first time an
all-private astronaut crew visited the ISS.
Space travel, as we know it, is changing. Over the last decade,
the NASA-directed space exploration model of the 1960s has
pivoted to a new model of commercial space where private
companies are emerging and leading space innovation.
NASA is building and executing a targeted strategy for
a vibrant LEO economy. With the signing of the NASA
Transition and Authorization Act in 2017, the government
decided to go beyond asking commercial providers
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