Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this Madeline. While reading your article, I was reminded of touring through a B29 with my father at an air show about 25 years ago. While working through the aircraft, my father was pointing out the manufactures of different motors, switches, etc. In each case, he told me about what that company had b…
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this Madeline. While reading your article, I was reminded of touring through a B29 with my father at an air show about 25 years ago. While working through the aircraft, my father was pointing out the manufactures of different motors, switches, etc. In each case, he told me about what that company had been producing before the war. In support of WWII, the United States had the ability to repurpose commercial manufacturing to support the war, much of that manufacturing capability does not exist today.
Taking this a bit further, I believe SpaceX and Starlink represent the foundation of innovation you are looking for. SpaceX is not only innovating in support of commercial markets, but it has backed this innovation with in-house manufacturing. There is no secret here, it is just hard. Establishing the proper incentives to encourage more companies to embrace this model will be even more challenging.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this Madeline. While reading your article, I was reminded of touring through a B29 with my father at an air show about 25 years ago. While working through the aircraft, my father was pointing out the manufactures of different motors, switches, etc. In each case, he told me about what that company had been producing before the war. In support of WWII, the United States had the ability to repurpose commercial manufacturing to support the war, much of that manufacturing capability does not exist today.
Taking this a bit further, I believe SpaceX and Starlink represent the foundation of innovation you are looking for. SpaceX is not only innovating in support of commercial markets, but it has backed this innovation with in-house manufacturing. There is no secret here, it is just hard. Establishing the proper incentives to encourage more companies to embrace this model will be even more challenging.