Identifying Local Opportunities

SpaceNews.com
1) Bezos outlines vision of Blue Origin's lunar future

• http://spacenews.com/bezos-outlines-vision-of-blue-origins-lunar-future/
• This article is about Jeff Bezos' ambitions to land on the Moon and establish a lunar base with his company Blue Origin and how we plans on executing this plan with the new concepts he has formualted with his company.
• The problems associated with the article is that there is a need to explore space further in order to progress science and human presence off planet Earth and there is an opportunity for private space companies to help governments and citizens achieve those goals.
• Blue Origin is currently conquered this problem but innovating new technologies, rockets, and spacecraft to be used and help establish a base and prolong human existence.

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• Commerce Department to create "Space Administration"
• http://spacenews.com/commerce-department-to-create-space-administration/
• This article describes the creation of the Space Policy Advancing Commercial Enterprise Adminisitration and how it plans to reduce the amount of regulation private space companies are faced with when launching off government launch pads and into space.
• The problem faced within the government was that there have been small, but growing opportunities to have private space companies take advantage of government facilities for exploration and this administration advocates for legislation to be passed to give companies more access to space.
• The National Space Council had the problem to allow space companies to have more access to space and advocated for a solution with this administrations creation.

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• Second Spaceshiptwo makes second powered test flight
• http://spacenews.com/second-spaceshiptwo-makes-second-powered-test-flight/
• The private space company, Virgin Galactic, launched the suborbital space vehicle, the SpaceShip Two, from the Mojave Air and Space Port in California.
• The problem talked about is increased competition from other space companies, including Blue Origin.
• Richard Branson has this problem because he is demonstrating Virgin Galactic's progress throughout the industry with this launch to compete with other companies for opportunities in space.

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• The rise of China's private space industry
• http://spacenews.com/analysis-the-rise-of-chinas-private-space-industry/
• This article is about China's recent advances in technology for space with its private sector. There are a growing amount of companies advancing many niche areas of expertise.
• The problem is the increased threat and competition to the United States and American space companies from the lost cost technologies of the Chinese companies.
• The current market has the problem with dealing with the emergence of Chinese companies and technologies entering the market and sparking the next space race.

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• Bridenstine offers senators reassurances on NASA programs
• http://spacenews.com/bridenstine-offers-senators-reassurances-on-nasa-programs/
• This article describes the testimony for NASA Administrator, Jim Bridenstine focusing on government programs that had been sought to be cancelled and making sure that these departments were safe from budget cuts and given more opportunities for funding.
• The problem was that with Jim Bridenstine being a Republican, he was given the reputation that he was a climate denier and a corrupt politician with no science background. 
• Jim Bridenstine had this problem but continued to advocate and commit towards missions NASA had previously wanted to pursue.