It's Officially Startup Season in Space

There was a time not so long ago that space was known as the final frontier--the exclusive domain of governments and a small handful of aerospace companies who could muster the technology and resources to depart the Earth's atmosphere. Today, however--similar to what we've observed with technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing that were once accessible only to universities and research labs--space technologies are being democratized thanks in part to the cloud. I closed out last year with a prediction that space will be the area where we see some of the greatest advancements when it comes to novel application of cloud capabilities. Now, only six months later, a new crop of space pioneers are preparing to supercharge their efforts with cloud technology. Within the emerging commercial space industry, where it's feasible for even small startups to make a big impact by introducing innovative new space technologies, the cloud will be critical to accelerating experimentation, expanding automation, and delivering deeper insights. Getting to this point of expanded commercial activity was no accident.