astra: archive 13 seed source documents with proper schema

- What: 13 research documents that fed the 84 seed claims, archived
  with full source schema (type, domain, intake_tier, status,
  claims_extracted, tags)
- Why: closes the source archival loop — every claim traceable to
  its source. Covers: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, Axiom Space,
  launch costs, habitation, governance, market structure, asteroid
  mining, manufacturing/power, microgravity, orbital data centers,
  fusion power landscape
- All marked status: processed with claims_extracted populated

Pentagon-Agent: Astra <f3b07259-a0bf-461e-a474-7036ab6b93f7>

inbox/archive/2026-02-17-astra-axiom-space-research.md

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+---
+type: source
+title: "Axiom Space: Company Profile and Attractor State Analysis"
+author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
+url: file://astra-seed/sources/axiom-space-research.md
+date: 2026-02-17
+domain: space-development
+intake_tier: research-task
+rationale: "Company profile for commercial station competitor analysis — Axiom has the strongest operational position (ISS modules) but weakest financial position"
+proposed_by: "Astra"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-25
+claims_extracted:
+  - "Axiom Space has the strongest operational position for commercial orbital habitation but the weakest financial position among funded competitors"
+  - "the commercial space station transition from ISS creates a gap risk that could end 25 years of continuous human presence in low Earth orbit"
+enrichments:
+  - "commercial space stations are the next infrastructure bet as ISS retirement creates a void that 4 companies are racing to fill by 2030"
+tags: [axiom-space, commercial-stations, ISS-transition, orbital-habitation]
+---
+
+# Axiom Space: Company Profile and Attractor State Analysis
+
+Company profile covering Axiom's strategy of attaching modules to ISS before transitioning to a free-flying station. Operational advantages (existing ISS hardware integration, astronaut mission experience), financial constraints, competitive positioning vs Vast/Orbital Reef/Starlab, and the ISS transition gap risk.
+
+See original file for full content.

inbox/archive/2026-02-17-astra-blue-origin-research.md

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+---
+type: source
+title: "Blue Origin: Comprehensive Profile for Space Economy Attractor State Analysis"
+author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
+url: file://astra-seed/sources/blue-origin-research.md
+date: 2026-02-17
+domain: space-development
+intake_tier: research-task
+rationale: "Company profile for cislunar infrastructure analysis — Blue Origin's AWS-parallel strategy of building comprehensive platform layers"
+proposed_by: "Astra"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-20
+claims_extracted:
+  - "Blue Origin cislunar infrastructure strategy mirrors AWS by building comprehensive platform layers while competitors optimize individual services"
+enrichments:
+  - "the 30-year space economy attractor state is a cislunar industrial system with propellant networks lunar ISRU orbital manufacturing and partial life support closure"
+tags: [blue-origin, cislunar, new-glenn, blue-moon, orbital-reef, platform-strategy]
+---
+
+# Blue Origin: Comprehensive Profile for Space Economy Attractor State Analysis
+
+Company profile covering Blue Origin's strategy as a cislunar infrastructure platform. New Glenn launch vehicle, Blue Moon lunar lander, Orbital Reef station partnership, BE-4 engine supply to ULA, and the AWS analogy — building multiple infrastructure layers simultaneously rather than optimizing a single service. Bezos patient-capital model vs SpaceX revenue-driven approach.
+
+See original file for full content.

inbox/archive/2026-02-17-astra-fusion-power-landscape.md

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+---
+type: source
+title: "The State of Fusion Power: A Landscape Assessment (February 2026)"
+author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
+url: file://astra-seed/sources/fusion-power-landscape-feb-2026.md
+date: 2026-02-17
+domain: energy
+intake_tier: research-task
+rationale: "Comprehensive fusion assessment covering physics milestones, private companies, economics, regulation, timeline reality, and AI/datacenter connection"
+proposed_by: "Astra"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-20
+claims_extracted:
+  - "Commonwealth Fusion Systems is the best-capitalized private fusion company with 2.86B raised and the clearest technical moat from HTS magnets but faces a decade-long gap between SPARC demonstration and commercial revenue"
+  - "high-temperature superconducting magnets collapse tokamak economics because magnetic confinement scales as B to the fourth power making compact fusion devices viable for the first time"
+  - "the gap between scientific breakeven and engineering breakeven is the central deception in fusion hype because wall-plug efficiency turns Q of 1 into net energy loss"
+  - "plasma-facing materials science is the binding constraint on commercial fusion because no material tested to date survives reactor-relevant neutron fluence for a full operating cycle"
+  - "fusion contributing meaningfully to global electricity is a 2040s event at the earliest because 2026-2030 demonstrations must succeed before capital flows to pilot plants that take another decade to build"
+  - "fusion attractor state is 5-15 percent of global generation by 2055 as a premium clean baseload source not a replacement for the entire grid"
+  - "tritium self-sufficiency is undemonstrated and may constrain fusion fleet expansion because global supply is 25 kg decaying at 5 percent annually while each plant consumes 55 kg per year"
+tags: [fusion, CFS, tokamak, HTS-magnets, energy-transition, SPARC]
+---
+
+# The State of Fusion Power: A Landscape Assessment (February 2026)
+
+Comprehensive research synthesis covering the full fusion power landscape. Physics milestones (NIF ignition, JET record), private companies (CFS, Helion, TAE, Zap Energy), economics of fusion vs alternatives, regulatory frameworks, timeline reality checks, AI/datacenter power demand connection, government programs (ITER, DOE), and attractor state analysis for fusion's role in the 2050s grid. Cory directive: focus on CFS/MIT as the leading fusion pathway.
+
+See original file for full content.

inbox/archive/2026-02-17-astra-microgravity-manufacturing-deep-dive.md

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+---
+type: source
+title: "Microgravity Manufacturing Deep Dive: Finding the Killer App"
+author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
+url: file://astra-seed/sources/microgravity-manufacturing-deep-dive.md
+date: 2026-02-17
+domain: space-development
+intake_tier: research-task
+rationale: "Deep dive on which microgravity product could generate enough value to catalyze orbital infrastructure — materials science, biological products, economics analysis"
+proposed_by: "Astra"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-25
+claims_extracted:
+  - "ZBLAN fiber optics produced in microgravity could eliminate submarine cable repeaters extending signal range from 50 km to potentially 5000 km"
+  - "the space manufacturing killer app sequence is pharmaceuticals now ZBLAN fiber in 3-5 years and bioprinted organs in 15-25 years each catalyzing the next tier of orbital infrastructure"
+  - "microgravity eliminates convection sedimentation and container effects producing measurably superior materials across fiber optics pharmaceuticals and semiconductors"
+  - "orbital bioprinting enables tissue and organ fabrication impossible under gravity because structures collapse without scaffolding on Earth"
+tags: [microgravity, ZBLAN, bioprinting, pharmaceuticals, killer-app, space-manufacturing]
+---
+
+# Microgravity Manufacturing Deep Dive: Finding the Killer App
+
+Research synthesis on microgravity manufacturing candidates. ZBLAN fiber optics (100x signal range improvement), pharmaceutical crystal growth, bioprinted organs, semiconductor wafers — each assessed against economic viability, technology readiness, and catalytic potential for orbital infrastructure scaling. Includes the killer app sequencing thesis.
+
+See original file for full content.

inbox/archive/2026-02-17-astra-rocket-lab-research.md

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+---
+type: source
+title: "Rocket Lab: Comprehensive Research Profile"
+author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
+url: file://astra-seed/sources/rocket-lab-research.md
+date: 2026-02-17
+domain: space-development
+intake_tier: research-task
+rationale: "Company profile for understanding the vertical integration thesis — Rocket Lab's pivot from launch to space systems as a competitive strategy"
+proposed_by: "Astra"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-20
+claims_extracted:
+  - "Rocket Lab pivot to space systems reveals that vertical component integration may be more defensible than launch in the emerging space economy"
+  - "governments are transitioning from space system builders to space service buyers which structurally advantages nimble commercial providers"
+tags: [rocket-lab, vertical-integration, space-systems, electron, neutron, government-procurement]
+---
+
+# Rocket Lab: Comprehensive Research Profile
+
+Company profile covering Rocket Lab's evolution from dedicated small-launch (Electron) to vertically integrated space systems provider. Neutron medium-lift vehicle development, SolAero/Sinclair/PSC acquisitions, government vs commercial customer mix, and the thesis that component integration is more defensible than launch alone.
+
+See original file for full content.

inbox/archive/2026-02-17-astra-space-asteroid-mining.md

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+---
+type: source
+title: "Asteroid Mining: Economics, Technology, and Timeline"
+author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
+url: file://astra-seed/sources/space-asteroid-mining-2026-02-17.md
+date: 2026-02-17
+domain: space-development
+intake_tier: research-task
+rationale: "Asteroid mining economics — three distinct business models, technology readiness, why the second wave differs from the first, and near-term vs long-term extraction targets"
+proposed_by: "Astra"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-27
+claims_extracted:
+  - "asteroid mining economics split into three distinct business models with water-for-propellant viable near-term and metals-for-Earth-return decades away"
+  - "asteroid mining second wave succeeds where the first failed because launch costs fell 10x spacecraft costs fell 30x and real customers now exist"
+  - "C-type carbonaceous asteroids containing 10-20 percent water by mass are the near-term mining targets because water closes first economically"
+  - "ten percent of near-Earth asteroids are more energetically accessible than the lunar surface with some requiring less delta-v than a soft Moon landing"
+  - "the ISRU bootstrapping paradox is that you need infrastructure to extract resources but need resources to build infrastructure and only government or patient capital can bridge this gap"
+tags: [asteroid-mining, ISRU, water-extraction, near-earth-asteroids, space-resources]
+---
+
+# Asteroid Mining: Economics, Technology, and Timeline
+
+Research synthesis on asteroid mining viability. Three business models (water-for-propellant, PGMs for Earth, metals for in-space use), why the 2020s second wave differs from the 2012-era first wave, C-type asteroid targeting rationale, delta-v accessibility analysis, legal framework under Artemis Accords, and the ISRU bootstrapping paradox.
+
+See original file for full content.

inbox/archive/2026-02-17-astra-space-data-centers-research.md

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+---
+type: source
+title: "Space-Based Data Centers: Feasibility Analysis"
+author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
+url: file://astra-seed/sources/space-data-centers-research.md
+date: 2026-02-17
+domain: space-development
+intake_tier: research-task
+rationale: "Feasibility analysis of orbital compute — do space data centers make sense given AI compute demand growth and falling launch costs?"
+proposed_by: "Astra"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-25
+claims_extracted:
+  - "orbital data centers require five enabling technologies to mature simultaneously and none currently exist at required readiness"
+  - "orbital data centers are the most speculative near-term space application but the convergence of AI compute demand and falling launch costs attracts serious players"
+  - "distributed LEO inference networks could serve global AI requests at 4-20ms latency competitive with centralized terrestrial data centers for latency-tolerant workloads"
+  - "arctic and nuclear-powered data centers solve the same power and cooling constraints as orbital compute without launch costs radiation or bandwidth limitations"
+tags: [orbital-compute, data-centers, AI-infrastructure, space-based-computing]
+---
+
+# Space-Based Data Centers: Feasibility Analysis
+
+Research synthesis assessing the viability of space-based computing infrastructure. Covers thermal management in vacuum, power generation challenges, latency analysis for LEO inference networks, radiation effects on hardware, and comparison with terrestrial alternatives (arctic, nuclear-powered). Generated as part of Astra's orbital compute research.
+
+See original file for full content.

inbox/archive/2026-02-17-astra-space-economy-market.md

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+---
+type: source
+title: "Current Space Economy and Market Structure (2024-2026)"
+author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
+url: file://astra-seed/sources/space-economy-market-2026-02-17.md
+date: 2026-02-17
+domain: space-development
+intake_tier: research-task
+rationale: "Market structure analysis — current space economy size, growth trajectory, key companies, competitive dynamics, and the path to trillion-dollar scale"
+proposed_by: "Astra"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-25
+claims_extracted:
+  - "LEO satellite internet is the defining battleground of the space economy with Starlink 5 years ahead and only 3-4 mega-constellations viable"
+  - "the space economy reached 613 billion in 2024 and is converging on 1 trillion by 2032 making it a major global industry not a speculative frontier"
+  - "in-space manufacturing market projected at 62 billion by 2040 with the overall space economy reaching 1-2 trillion"
+  - "the 30-year space economy attractor state is a cislunar industrial system with propellant networks lunar ISRU orbital manufacturing and partial life support closure"
+tags: [space-economy, market-structure, starlink, cislunar, trillion-dollar]
+---
+
+# Current Space Economy and Market Structure (2024-2026)
+
+Research synthesis on the current state and trajectory of the commercial space economy. Market size ($613B in 2024), growth projections toward $1T by 2032, competitive landscape across launch/broadband/manufacturing/tourism segments, Starlink's dominant position, and the 30-year attractor state for cislunar industrial development.
+
+See original file for full content.

inbox/archive/2026-02-17-astra-space-governance-regulation.md

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+---
+type: source
+title: "Space Governance, Regulation, and International Coordination"
+author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
+url: file://astra-seed/sources/space-governance-regulation-2026-02-17.md
+date: 2026-02-17
+domain: space-development
+intake_tier: research-task
+rationale: "Mapping governance gaps in space — property rights, resource extraction, debris management, and the tension between technological pace and institutional design"
+proposed_by: "Astra"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-27
+claims_extracted:
+  - "the Artemis Accords create a de facto legal framework for space resource extraction signed by 61 countries but contested by China and Russia"
+  - "the Outer Space Treaty created a constitutional framework for space but left resource rights property and settlement governance deliberately ambiguous"
+  - "space governance gaps are widening not narrowing because technology advances exponentially while institutional design advances linearly"
+  - "the Artemis Accords replace multilateral treaty-making with bilateral norm-setting to create governance through coalition practice rather than universal consensus"
+  - "space traffic management is a governance vacuum because there is no mandatory global system for tracking maneuverable objects creating collision risk that grows nonlinearly with constellation scale"
+  - "nearly all space technology is dual-use creating an irreducible tension between commercial development and national security"
+tags: [governance, regulation, artemis-accords, outer-space-treaty, space-debris, dual-use]
+---
+
+# Space Governance, Regulation, and International Coordination
+
+Research synthesis on the governance landscape for space activities. Covers the Outer Space Treaty framework, Artemis Accords as bilateral norm-setting, property rights ambiguity, resource extraction legal status, space debris governance vacuum, traffic management gaps, dual-use technology tensions, and the structural mismatch between technology pace and institutional adaptation.
+
+See original file for full content.

inbox/archive/2026-02-17-astra-space-habitation-settlements.md

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+---
+type: source
+title: "Space Habitation, Settlements, and the Path to Multiplanetary Species"
+author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
+url: file://astra-seed/sources/space-habitation-settlements-2026-02-17.md
+date: 2026-02-17
+domain: space-development
+intake_tier: research-task
+rationale: "Analysis of commercial stations, lunar/Mars settlements, and the technical/economic path to permanent human presence beyond Earth"
+proposed_by: "Astra"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-25
+claims_extracted:
+  - "commercial space stations are the next infrastructure bet as ISS retirement creates a void that 4 companies are racing to fill by 2030"
+  - "closed-loop life support is the binding constraint on permanent space settlement because all other enabling technologies are closer to operational readiness"
+  - "the Moon serves as a proving ground for Mars settlement because 2-day transit enables 180x faster iteration cycles than the 6-month Mars journey"
+  - "space settlement governance must be designed before settlements exist because retroactive governance of autonomous communities is historically impossible"
+tags: [habitation, settlements, commercial-stations, life-support, lunar, mars]
+---
+
+# Space Habitation, Settlements, and the Path to Multiplanetary Species
+
+Research synthesis covering the continuum from commercial LEO stations to permanent settlements. ISS retirement timeline, commercial station competitors (Axiom, Vast, Orbital Reef, Starlab), life support closure requirements, lunar outpost architecture, Mars settlement prerequisites, and governance design challenges.
+
+See original file for full content.

inbox/archive/2026-02-17-astra-space-launch-costs.md

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+---
+type: source
+title: "Launch Cost Revolution and Space Access Democratization"
+author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
+url: file://astra-seed/sources/space-launch-costs-2026-02-17.md
+date: 2026-02-17
+domain: space-development
+intake_tier: research-task
+rationale: "Launch cost trajectory analysis — reusability economics, access democratization, and 10/30 year projections for the keystone variable in space economy development"
+proposed_by: "Astra"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-20
+claims_extracted:
+  - "launch cost reduction is the keystone variable that unlocks every downstream space industry at specific price thresholds"
+  - "reusability without rapid turnaround and minimal refurbishment does not reduce launch costs as the Space Shuttle proved over 30 years"
+  - "the space launch cost trajectory is a phase transition not a gradual decline analogous to sail-to-steam in maritime transport"
+  - "space tugs decouple the launch problem from the orbit problem turning orbital transfer into a service market projected at 1-8B by 2026"
+tags: [launch-costs, reusability, space-access, phase-transition, space-tugs]
+---
+
+# Launch Cost Revolution and Space Access Democratization
+
+Research synthesis on the economics of launch cost reduction. Covers historical trajectory from $54,500/kg (Shuttle) to $2,720/kg (Falcon 9) toward sub-$100/kg (Starship), reusability economics and the Shuttle lesson, competitive landscape, and threshold analysis of which industries activate at each price point. Includes 10 and 30-year projections.
+
+See original file for full content.

inbox/archive/2026-02-17-astra-space-manufacturing-power.md

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+---
+type: source
+title: "In-Space Manufacturing, Power Systems, and Water/Resource Processing"
+author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
+url: file://astra-seed/sources/space-manufacturing-power-2026-02-17.md
+date: 2026-02-17
+domain: space-development
+intake_tier: research-task
+rationale: "Analysis of in-space manufacturing capabilities, power system requirements, ISRU processing, and the infrastructure stack needed for self-sustaining space operations"
+proposed_by: "Astra"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-25
+claims_extracted:
+  - "power is the binding constraint on all space operations because every capability from ISRU to manufacturing to life support is power-limited"
+  - "in-situ resource utilization is the bridge technology between outpost and settlement because without it every habitat remains a supply chain exercise"
+  - "MOXIE proved ISRU works on another planet by extracting oxygen from Mars CO2 at twice its design goal and 98 percent purity"
+  - "nuclear fission is the only viable continuous power source for lunar surface operations because solar fails during 14-day lunar nights"
+  - "space-based solar power economics depend almost entirely on launch cost reduction with the break-even threshold near 10 dollars per kg to orbit"
+tags: [space-manufacturing, power-systems, ISRU, MOXIE, nuclear-fission, solar-power]
+---
+
+# In-Space Manufacturing, Power Systems, and Water/Resource Processing
+
+Research synthesis on the infrastructure layer of space development. Power as the binding constraint, solar vs nuclear trade-offs, ISRU technology status (MOXIE demonstration), water extraction and processing requirements, space-based solar power economics, and the infrastructure dependencies that determine the sequence of space industrialization.
+
+See original file for full content.

inbox/archive/2026-02-17-astra-spacex-research.md

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+---
+type: source
+title: "SpaceX: Comprehensive Profile for Space Economy Attractor State Analysis"
+author: "Astra (AI research synthesis)"
+url: file://astra-seed/sources/spacex-research.md
+date: 2026-02-17
+domain: space-development
+intake_tier: research-task
+rationale: "Company profile for mapping the space economy attractor state — SpaceX is the keystone actor in launch cost reduction and vertical integration"
+proposed_by: "Astra"
+format: report
+status: processed
+processed_by: astra
+processed_date: 2026-03-20
+claims_extracted:
+  - "SpaceX vertical integration across launch broadband and manufacturing creates compounding cost advantages that no competitor can replicate piecemeal"
+  - "Starship economics depend on cadence and reuse rate not vehicle cost because a 90M vehicle flown 100 times beats a 50M expendable by 17x"
+  - "Starship achieving routine operations at sub-100 dollars per kg is the single largest enabling condition for the entire space industrial economy"
+  - "the small-sat dedicated launch market faces a structural paradox because SpaceX rideshare at 5000-6000 per kg undercuts most dedicated small launchers on price"
+tags: [spacex, launch-costs, vertical-integration, starship, reusability]
+---
+
+# SpaceX: Comprehensive Profile for Space Economy Attractor State Analysis
+
+Research synthesis covering SpaceX's position as the dominant force in commercial space — vertical integration across launch, broadband (Starlink), and manufacturing. Covers Falcon 9 economics, Starship development trajectory, Starlink revenue model, and competitive moat analysis. Generated as part of Astra's initial space economy research task.
+
+See original file for full content (~25,000 words).