Years ago, I shared an article about triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs), and I suggested I might follow up with more detail someday. Since then, I launched one on a rocket.
Manufacturing Commercial Space
So long as government contracts remain the primary revenue source for companies operating in the space industry, commercial space is just a shell.
Space Launch Context
I am far from an Elon Musk flunky, and I don’t have the romantic view of SpaceX that some in the industry maintain, but anyone who has followed the business of space launch since SpaceX entered the business would be hard-pressed to argue that they have not been a boon; quite simply, there wasn’t a space launch business before SpaceX.
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