The Space Industry: Contractor vs Commercial? | The Space Review

By Taylor Dinerman, The Space Review, Posted 09/28/09

Link: http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1476/1

"One of the ongoing problems that NASA, the DoD, and the space industry face is how to define which companies are contractors and which are “commercial”. Another way to put it: who is Lockheed Martin, and who is United Airlines? Finding an acceptable way to tell the difference between the two may help everyone define what the “NewSpace” industry is and what it is not?" The CSG has given up on NewSpace vs Traditional Space because of the inevitable hybridization. Boeing may dump some profits into ventures with Bigelow Aerospace and then go after NASA subsidies for crew transport to LEO. If someone owns something it can sell related to space, we think it's space commerce.