THE SPACE ECONOMY
Competition as an Operating System: Inside SpaceX—and Across the Market
Pairing internal rivalries with procurement to improve price, resilience and pace.
Project Hyperion: A Global Design Race Turns Interstellar Dreams into Near-Term Market Signals
Competition as a catalyst for innovation and a bridge to space life.
Inside the Walls: How NASA and Airbus Use Internal Competitions to Turn Ideas into Flight Hardware
Learning from startups by systematising “friendly rivalry” so big organisations innovate at operational speed.
Two Sites, One Goal: SpaceX’s Internal Rivalry and the Speed of Starship
How orchestrated competition between Texas and Florida sharpened design, cadence and cost.
Competition Drives Innovation in the Space Economy: Five Credible Examples
How prize races, design contests, and market rivalry turn ideas into practical solutions.
Chrysalis and Project Hyperion: When Interstellar Dreams Become Investable Ideas
A design contest made “generation ships” newsworthy—but the commercial story sits in the spin-offs.