Author Archives: Austin

May 2025 Space Update

The space indus­try is expe­ri­enc­ing one of the most trans­for­ma­tive peri­ods I’ve wit­nessed in my years in tech­nol­o­gy and defense. As some­one who’s spent con­sid­er­able time ana­lyz­ing mar­ket dynam­ics and strate­gic oppor­tu­ni­ties, I can tell you that what we’re see­ing today isn’t just incre­men­tal progress — it’s a fun­da­men­tal reshap­ing of how we approach space oper­a­tions, nation­al secu­ri­ty, and com­mer­cial oppor­tu­ni­ties beyond Earth­’s atmosphere.

Over the past 30 days alone, we’ve seen game-chang­ing acqui­si­tions, crit­i­cal gov­ern­ment fund­ing bat­tles, and tech­no­log­i­cal break­throughs that would have seemed like sci­ence fic­tion just a decade ago. From SpaceX’s relent­less push toward Mars to the Space Force’s strug­gle for ade­quate fund­ing amid grow­ing threats, the land­scape is shift­ing rapid­ly. And here’s what mat­ters for those of us in the busi­ness: these changes are cre­at­ing unprece­dent­ed oppor­tu­ni­ties for com­pa­nies that can move fast and think strate­gi­cal­ly. con­tin­ue reading

Changes to the Small Business Administration

As some­one who has spent over two decades work­ing with gov­ern­ment con­trac­tors and small busi­ness­es, I want to share my per­spec­tive on the announced SBA changes. These shifts rep­re­sent sig­nif­i­cant changes in how small busi­ness­es inter­act with the fed­er­al gov­ern­ment,… con­tin­ue read­ing »

DOGE Facts

The vit­ri­ol and per­son­al attacks by Democ­rats and left-of-cen­ter media regard­ing Elon Musk’s involve­ment in the audit of the U.S. gov­ern­ment con­tin­ue to demon­strate intel­lec­tu­al dis­hon­esty because: Here is the break­down of the facts: 1. Musk’s role: Musk is part of… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Economic Darwinism: A Deep Dive into the Catalyst for Innovation and Progress

After read­ing Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wis­dom of Charles T. Munger, I was drawn to the con­cept of Eco­nom­ic Dar­win­ism. This term, coined in the late 19th cen­tu­ry, applies the prin­ci­ples of Charles Darwin’s the­o­ry of evo­lu­tion to… con­tin­ue read­ing »

Stochastic Terrorism

In an era of unprece­dent­ed glob­al con­nec­tiv­i­ty, the pow­er of words has nev­er been more potent. While this inter­con­nect­ed­ness has brought numer­ous ben­e­fits, it has also giv­en rise to new threats, one of which is sto­chas­tic ter­ror­ism. This con­cept, though… con­tin­ue read­ing »

USSF versus USSPACECOM

As I trav­el around the space indus­try, I often find a lot of con­fu­sion about which gov­ern­ment orga­ni­za­tion is respon­si­ble for what and their dis­tinct roles and respon­si­bil­i­ties. Over the upcom­ing weeks, I will write a series of blog posts… con­tin­ue read­ing »