Space Business and Money: The Space Business Forum View | Popular Mechanics

By Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, Posted 06/19/09

Link: http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4269517.html?page=1

"Of all the tons of fuel that drives modern space flight, cash is the most critical. That was the stark reality brought front and center on Wednesday at the first-ever Space Business Forum in New York, where leading rocket scientists, military officers and even hedge-fund managers crunched the numbers to illuminate the future of the space industry. From the European influence on suborbital tourism to why the Air Force doesn't trust private rockets, and from the increasingly outsourced business model at NASA to a place for that other "green" movement, here's a news analysis of where the power lies." This was the first event of this kind sponsored by The Space Foundation.