Geopolitics Cement Space Launcher Proliferation

methane engine technology

Perigee Aerospace is working on methane engine technology to support South Korea’s reusable space launch vehicle ambition.

Credit: Perigee Aerospace
Conventional wisdom has held that the emergence of near-innumerable launch startups around the world would trigger a period of sharp consolidation. Geopolitics may prove conventional wisdom wrong: Political tensions are driving countries to seek independent space access, industry and government...
Robert Wall

Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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