Young addresses the impressive expansion across existing and developing commercial space
business markets with multiple private companies competing in the payload launch services
sector. The author pinpoints the new markets technologies and players in the industry as
well as highlighting the overall reasons why it is important for us to develop space. NASA now
relies on commercial partners to supply cargo and crew spacecraft and services to and from the
International Space Station. The sizes of satellites are diminishing and their capabilities
expanding while costs to orbit are decreasing. Suborbital space tourism holds the potential of
new industries and jobs. Commercial space exploration of the Moon and the planets also holds
promise. All this activity is a catalyst for anyone interested in joining the developing space
industry from students and researchers to engineers and entrepreneurs. As more and more
satellites and rockets are launched and the business of space is expanding at a significant
pace it is increasingly important for scientists and engineers of many disciplines to
understand how the business evolved and where it is continuing to develop. The growing field is
fully explored in this concise overview to the players in this changing landscape.
