A Second Space Age?

Sputnik triggered a space race that stimulated massive amounts of research and investments in space and terrestrial technologies and industries. Will Obama's space commercialization policies do likewise?

Ironically, many Republicans congressmen and senators who normally oppose more government spending are opposed to Obama's latest commercialization efforts because it will trigger layoffs in their districts. This opposition, plus Sarbanes-Oxley and tougher rules on startups, will hurt the U.S. ability's to generate many new spinoff jobs at a time when jobs are the #1 concern of Americans.

How can Obama get out of this dilemma? Criticized for commercializing NASA, yet criticized for not creating enough new jobs. Perhaps Silicon Valley VCs can provide some help since they understand what's at stake.


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