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_map.md	astra: megastructure launch infrastructure docs (#121)	2026-03-10 15:56:14 +00:00
commercial space stations are the next infrastructure bet as ISS retirement creates a void that 4 companies are racing to fill by 2030.md
defense spending is the new catalyst for space investment with US Space Force budget jumping 39 percent in one year to 40 billion.md
europe-space-launch-strategic-irrelevance-without-starship-class-capability.md	auto-fix: strip 4 broken wiki links	2026-03-14 13:29:55 +00:00
falling launch costs paradoxically both enable and threaten in-space resource utilization by making infrastructure affordable while competing with the end product.md
governments are transitioning from space system builders to space service buyers which structurally advantages nimble commercial providers.md
launch cost reduction is the keystone variable that unlocks every downstream space industry at specific price thresholds.md
Lofstrom loops convert launch economics from a propellant problem to an electricity problem at a theoretical operating cost of roughly 3 dollars per kg.md	astra: megastructure launch infrastructure docs (#121)	2026-03-10 15:56:14 +00:00
orbital debris is a classic commons tragedy where individual launch incentives are private but collision risk is externalized to all operators.md
orbital propellant depots are the enabling infrastructure for all deep-space operations because they break the tyranny of the rocket equation.md
power is the binding constraint on all space operations because every capability from ISRU to manufacturing to life support is power-limited.md
reusability without rapid turnaround and minimal refurbishment does not reduce launch costs as the Space Shuttle proved over 30 years.md
reusable-launch-convergence-creates-us-china-duopoly-in-heavy-lift.md	extract: 2026-02-11-china-long-march-10-sea-landing	2026-03-16 13:33:49 +00:00
skyhooks require no new physics and reduce required rocket delta-v by 40-70 percent using rotating momentum exchange.md	astra: megastructure launch infrastructure docs (#121)	2026-03-10 15:56:14 +00:00
space governance gaps are widening not narrowing because technology advances exponentially while institutional design advances linearly.md	extract: 2026-03-00-artemis-program-restructuring	2026-03-16 13:08:23 +00:00
space resource rights are emerging through national legislation creating de facto international law without international agreement.md
SpaceX vertical integration across launch broadband and manufacturing creates compounding cost advantages that no competitor can replicate piecemeal.md
Starship achieving routine operations at sub-100 dollars per kg is the single largest enabling condition for the entire space industrial economy.md
Starship economics depend on cadence and reuse rate not vehicle cost because a 90M vehicle flown 100 times beats a 50M expendable by 17x.md
the 30-year space economy attractor state is a cislunar industrial system with propellant networks lunar ISRU orbital manufacturing and partial life support closure.md	extract: 2026-03-00-artemis-program-restructuring	2026-03-16 13:08:23 +00:00
the Artemis Accords replace multilateral treaty-making with bilateral norm-setting to create governance through coalition practice rather than universal consensus.md
the megastructure launch sequence from skyhooks to Lofstrom loops to orbital rings may be economically self-bootstrapping if each stage generates sufficient returns to fund the next.md	astra: megastructure launch infrastructure docs (#121)	2026-03-10 15:56:14 +00:00
the Outer Space Treaty created a constitutional framework for space but left resource rights property and settlement governance deliberately ambiguous.md
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.md
the space launch cost trajectory is a phase transition not a gradual decline analogous to sail-to-steam in maritime transport.md	auto-fix: strip 4 broken wiki links	2026-03-14 13:29:55 +00:00
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.md	auto-fix: address review feedback on 2026-01-29-varda-w5-reentry-success.md	2026-03-11 16:07:17 +00:00
varda-space-biologics-development-blurs-three-tier-manufacturing-sequence.md	auto-fix: address review feedback on 2026-01-29-varda-w5-reentry-success.md	2026-03-11 16:07:17 +00:00
varda-vertical-integration-reduces-space-manufacturing-access-costs.md	auto-fix: address review feedback on 2026-01-29-varda-w5-reentry-success.md	2026-03-11 16:07:17 +00:00
water is the strategic keystone resource of the cislunar economy because it simultaneously serves as propellant life support radiation shielding and thermal management.md