Space to Grow: Unlocking the Final Economic Frontier

"'Space to Grow' makes an excellent case for informed optimism about what the authors call the coming 'golden age in space,' where public-private collaboration, decentralized ventures, and lower launch costs unlock vast new possibilities."
— The Wall Street Journal

Endorsed by top leaders and voices in the space industry and beyond, including:

• Kevin Weil - Chief Product Officer of OpenAI, former executive at Planet, Instagram, and Twitter
• Charles F. "Charlie" Bolden Jr. - former NASA Administrator, astronaut, and U.S. Marine Corps Major General
• Kathryn Lueders - General Manager of Starbase at SpaceX, former NASA Associate Administrator
• Eric Berger - Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica, and author of Liftoff and Reentry
• Scott Pace - Director of the Space Policy Institute at the George Washington University; former Executive Secretary of the National Space Council
• Christian Davenport - Reporter at The Washington Post and author of Space Barons
• Ashlee Vance - Author of When the Heavens Went on Sale, reporter at Bloomberg Businessweek
• Dan Hastings - Head of Aeronautics & Astronautics Department at MIT
• Dava Newman - Professor of Aeronautics at MIT, former NASA Deputy Administrator 

Your guide - using the compelling stories of changemakers and the tools of economics - to the transformation and future possibilities of the business and economics of space.

Space is a place of unparalleled possibility for humanity, and it's undergoing a revolution. A wave of companies led by gutsy entrepreneurs are unlocking opportunities that fire the imagination and open up new business models. No, it's not hotels on Mars or day trips to orbit (yet), but it's an awe-inspiring transformation driven by innovative technologies, creative approaches, hard work, and - for the first time - market forces. Above all, this revolution is uncovering the simple but unfamiliar truth that space is a place: a place where countries, markets, and each of us can play a vital role in realizing some of our biggest, boldest dreams.

But we won't succeed through dreams alone. The space economy is just that—an economy—governed by the same laws of supply and demand that apply here on Earth. The authors, who teach a highly popular course on the topic at Harvard Business School, bring the revolution in space to life through players you know—like SpaceX and Blue Origin—and many you may not, like Astroscale, founded by a Japanese IT executive who quit his job to start a company to clean up space debris. They also bring to bear fundamental tools from economics to understand how the market in space is forming, how it's fast becoming a source of value for businesses across industries and for society as a whole, and how we can best ensure that its growth benefits us all.  

With clarity and rigor, Weinzierl and Rosseau get past the breathless hype to explain what's real, what's not, what comes next, and how you can be part of it.

Matthew C. Weinzierl is a professor at Harvard Business School, where his award-winning research and teaching focus on economic policy and the economics and business of space. He is the founder of the Economics of Space project and the SPACE course at HBS, and he serves as a frequent advisor on space to government agencies, companies, and investors. Throughout this work, he seeks to use the tools of economics to help humanity responsibly realize the promise of space. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and previously he worked at McKinsey & Company and the White House Council of Economic Advisers. At HBS he holds the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling chair and serves as Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA program. 

Brendan Rosseau is a recognized leader among young professionals in the space industry, where he specializes in strategy. He previously served as a Teaching Fellow and Research Associate at Harvard Business School and a consultant to the U.S. Space Force. He has degrees in economics and astronomy from Williams College, and is dedicated to using space technologies to bring about a more prosperous, peaceful, equitable, and exciting future.