Abstract:

Space exploration has become an increasingly important part of our daily lives. Recently, we have seen many private companies emerge, such as Virgin Galactic, SpaceX, and Blue Origin. They are all working to usher in a new age of space exploration and have been competing in many areas for future dominance over an emerging space economy. We have also seen an increase in global cooperation between space entities, both public and private. Realizing this, we should make predictions for the future to better understand the present, and what it means.