The Great Orbital Divide: How SpaceX and Reusability Rewrote the Economics of Space Flight
Executive Overview The global aerospace landscape is undergoing a profound and potentially irreversible economic schism. A decade ago, the United States and Europe operated on relatively comparable financial footings when it came to purchasing tickets to orbit. Today, that parity has vanished, replaced by a yawning chasm of launch costs that threatens to reshape geopolitical…