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Now Reading:Ultra-Low-Cost Access to Space: What it Means and When it’s Coming

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Ultra-Low-Cost Access to Space: What it Means and When it’s Coming

PublishedMarch 22, 2017

By Todd Harrison, Andrew Hunter

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To understand a future where the cost of access to space is only a fraction of what it is today, CSIS turned to a curated group of space experts, including launch providers, satellite manufacturers, government analysts, space law practitioners, and military strategists. This video details trends in low-cost access to space and technologies that have the capability to reduce this cost of access. In the video, authors Todd Harrison and Andrew Hunter also identify key opportunities for further cost reductions and policies needed to spur innovation, and explore new military missions that would be enabled if these trends lead to significant reductions in the cost of access to space.

Video narrated by CSIS experts Todd Harrison and Andrew Hunter and produced by the CSIS Andreas C. Dracopoulos iDeas Lab.