New Space

New Space 2.0: European Space Will Finally Launch

The new orbital arena will be a highly contested space, full of proliferated systems, national and private actors, and intra- and inter-orbital traffic. Reusability will be measured in turnaround time and cost. Satellites will be assembled on orbit out of readymade subsystems like desktop PCs and have infinite lifespans. Scarcity will be the norm in frequencies and orbital slots, as lower orbits are filled with proliferated constellations.

Militaries of tens of nations will be present in space - and active. Actively performing proximity operations like signal intelligence and reverse engineering intel, electronic warfare operations like frequency jamming or spoofing, and energetic and kinetic denial of satellites, services and fleets.

Europe lacks behind its allies and adversaries simultaneously, in almost every key aspect of high-precision, high-frequency, high-impact capabilities for dual use and defense. It has neither the space industrial base, nor the startup ecosystem to match its rivals. But it will, because it must. 

With budgets allocating and regulations loosening, European space is undergoing a tectonic, commercial shift. Many of its established companies, investors and governments will fail to address the exponential speed increase in learning and decision-making that will be necessary to see eye to eye among the emerging New Space Primes. 

❉ The European Union is finally embracing the speed and scalability of commercial space, but the seats at the table are limited ❉

I facilitate the navigation of European NewSpace 2.0, enabling governments, procurement, finance, VC, and startups to utilize the increase in momentum to produce impact at scale.

I believe that any nation should be a spacefaring nation. There is no substitute for space as a catalyst for achieving sovereignty and growth, and spaceflight was, is, and stays the most inspiring endeavor humanity has come up with so far.