{"id":25516,"date":"2022-12-02T12:44:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=25516"},"modified":"2022-12-02T12:44:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:44:45","slug":"commercial-activity-and-opportunity-in-cislunar-space-a-report-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=25516","title":{"rendered":"Commercial activity and opportunity in cislunar space &#8211; a report &#038; podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cislunar.report\/\"><strong>The Cislunar Market Opportunities Report<\/strong>: <em>In-Space Business within the Earth-Moon System<\/em><\/a> was\u00a0 recently released by <a href=\"https:\/\/newspaceglobal.com\/\">NewSpace Global<\/a>. I was the primary analyst on the report, which surveys a wide array of commercial activities and opportunities within\u00a0 cislunar space, i.e. the region from low Earth orbit to the Moon, including the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p>The particular focus of the report is on those commercial sectors that support activities in space rather than those that deliver services to earth. In-space businesses include, for example, satellite servicing and space tugs in earth orbit and communications and navigation satellites around the Moon. Such endeavors constitute an <strong>in-space infrastructure<\/strong> that is forming and expanding before our eyes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_25518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25518\" style=\"width: 386px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cislunar.report\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25518\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=25518\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-1.27.32-PM-517x6701-1.png\" data-orig-size=\"517,670\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-1.27.32-PM-517&amp;#215;670[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Cislunar Market Opportunities Report&lt;br \/&gt;\nIn-Space Business within the Earth-Moon System&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-1.27.32-PM-517x6701-1.png\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25518\" src=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-1.27.32-PM-517x6701-1-386x500.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-1.27.32-PM-517x6701-1-386x500.png 386w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-10-05-at-1.27.32-PM-517x6701-1.png 517w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-25518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cislunar.report\/\">The Cislunar Market Opportunities Report: In-Space Business within the Earth-Moon System<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I&#8217;ve followed commercial space development closely since the 1990s yet even I&#8217;m quite surprised by the current boom in cislunar endeavors. I initially planned just a brief update on a cislunar report I wrote in 2019\u00a0 but soon realized that there had been major progress since then. Rather than just concepts and plans, in almost every sector there are companies with hardware already in space or with hardware in preparation for upcoming missions to space. It took <strong>161 pages<\/strong> to describe the full scope of what is happening.<\/p>\n<p>I discussed the report on the \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spaceq.ca\/tag\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Space Economy podcast<\/strong><\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/multiverse.media\/about\/\">Marc Boucher<\/a>, who is the President and COO of <a href=\"https:\/\/multiverse.media\/\">Multiverse Media Group LLC<\/a>, which now owns NewSpace Global. (<a href=\"https:\/\/dylantaylor.org\/\">Dylan Taylor<\/a> is the founder and chairman of Multiverse.) Check out our discussion: <a href=\"https:\/\/spaceq.ca\/insight-into-the-cislunar-market-opportunities-report\/\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Insight Into the Cislunar Market Opportunities Report &#8211; SpaceQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/619d18d17a39a5001208c1b4\/63597bd54428e60012b4c335\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When we were finalizing the report, a big challenge was deciding when to stop incorporating the seemingly continuous in-flow of news and announcements of cislunar developments. Here is a sampling of cislunar in-space business news since the report was published:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/advancedspace.com\/missions\/capstone\/\">CAPSTONE<\/a> <\/strong>spacecraft, launched by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocketlabusa.com\/missions\/completed-missions\/capstone\/\">Rocket Lab<\/a> and operated by <a href=\"https:\/\/advancedspace.com\/\">Advanced Space<\/a>, went into lunar orbit successfully, becoming &#8220;<em>the first commercially owned satellite to fly to and operate at the Moon<\/em>&#8220;. It will do orbital studies for NASA and also test techniques for providing navigation signals to spacecraft in orbit around the Moon.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/advancedspace.com\/first-commercial-mission-operating-at-moon\/\">Advanced Space Leads First Ever Commercial Mission to Operate at the Moon | Advanced Space &#8211; Nov.21.2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/capstone-forges-new-path-for-nasa-s-future-artemis-moon-missions\">CAPSTONE Forges New Path for NASA\u2019s Future Artemis Moon Missions | NASA &#8211; Nov.21.2022<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/advancedspace.com\/\">Advanced Space<\/a><\/strong> also won a $72M contract from the\u00a0 Air Force to send a satellite to the Moon to demonstrate technologies for monitoring and tracking objects in lunar orbit:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/advancedspace.com\/afrl-awards-oracle-contract\/\">Advanced Space Awarded Contract to Deliver Air Force Research Laboratory\u2019s Mission to the Moon | Advanced Space &#8211; Nov.17.2022<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starfishspace.com\/\"><strong>Starfish Space<\/strong><\/a> will demonstrate in-space docking of an ion propelled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.starfishspace.com\/satellite-servicing\">Otter Pup<\/a> satellite next year. The mission will test several technologies the company will use for satellite servicing.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starfishspace.com\/post\/starfish-space-otter-pup-to-dock-with-a-satellite\">Starfish Space \u2018Otter Pup\u2019 to Dock With a Satellite | Starfish Space &#8211; Nov.9.2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/starfish-books-launch-for-in-orbit-satellite-docking-mission-next-fall\/\">Starfish books launch for in-orbit satellite docking mission next fall | SpaceNews &#8211; Nov.11.2022<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ga.com\/ga-completes-draco-nuclear-thermal-propulsion-system-design-and-test-milestone\">General Atomics<\/a><\/strong> announces progress on a nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) project funded by DARPA: &#8220;<em>The NTP system is intended to allow a nuclear thermal rocket to operate in cislunar space, the region between the Earth and the Moon.<\/em>&#8221;\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ga.com\/ga-completes-draco-nuclear-thermal-propulsion-system-design-and-test-milestone\">General Atomics Completes DRACO Nuclear Thermal Propulsion System Design and Test Milestone | General Atomics &#8211; Nov.7.2022<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>The White House<\/strong> released a report on cislunar policy:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spaceref.com\/space-commerce\/ostp-releases-first-national-cislunar-science-technology-strategy\/\">OSTP Releases First National Cislunar Science &amp; Technology Strategy | SpaceRef &#8211; Nov.17.2022<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/11-2022-NSTC-National-Cislunar-ST-Strategy.pdf\">National Cislunar Science &amp; Technology Strategy | OSTP (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>ESA<\/strong> will re-invigorate its support for commercial endeavors at the Moon:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/europe-looks-to-commercialize-lunar-exploration-efforts\/\">Europe looks to commercialize lunar exploration efforts | SpaceNews &#8211; Nov.22.2022<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>===<\/em><strong><em> Amazon Ads <\/em><\/strong><em>===<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3LiwroN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spacepower Ascendant:<br \/>\nSpace Development Theory and a New Space Strategy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B08BWGPR8V&amp;asins=B08BWGPR8V&amp;linkId=8304a060bc9c4fa6111b10d8426e332b&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-modals allow-forms allow-same-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>===<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3L5mgER\">The Space Value of Money:<br \/>\nRethinking Finance Beyond Risk &amp; Time<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace&amp;language=en_US&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B0BD1DCV6C&amp;asins=B0BD1DCV6C&amp;linkId=1a4ce8d8fb9643b24a25fbb31a7fce44&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-modals allow-forms allow-same-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cislunar Market Opportunities Report: In-Space Business within the Earth-Moon System was\u00a0 recently released by NewSpace Global. I was the primary analyst on the report, which surveys a wide array of commercial activities and opportunities within\u00a0 cislunar space, i.e. the region from low Earth orbit to the Moon, including the lunar surface. The particular focus &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=25516\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Commercial activity and opportunity in cislunar space &#8211; a report &#038; podcast<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-space-infrastructure","category-living-in-space","category-space-industry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-6Dy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8344,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8344","url_meta":{"origin":25516,"position":0},"title":"Ken Murphy: Cislunar films + Updating the Boy Scout Space Exploration merit badge","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 17, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I mentioned Ken Murphy in the previous posting about the Moon Day event this Saturday in Dallas that he is helping to organize. 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