Episode 5 ⎪Space Commerce ⏤ The Ecstasy of Gold

In this episode, we’ll be diving right into the dynamics of the space sector, space commerce, space business, space industry, space market, and the fundamental forces driving their development.

It’s a great pleasure to welcome Matthew Weinzierl, an associate Professor in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. Matthew has worked for McKinsey & Company, and the US government as an economist on The White House Council of Economic Advisors. While much of Professor Weinzierl’s early research focused on the optimal design of economic policy, in particular taxation, he has recently launched an array of projects focused on the commercialization of the space sector and its economic implications.

Matthew, together with his Harvard Business School team, have published multiple case studies just this past year: on Space X and Economies of Scale along with Made in Space and the business of In-Space Manufacturing, all of this along with an article emphatically proclaiming: “The Commercial Space Age is Here” in the Harvard Business Review.

SHOWNOTES

[1] Matthew Weinzierl https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/pro...

[2] Harvard Business School Space Research https://economicsofspace.hbs.harvard....

[3] The Commercial Space Age is here https://hbr.org/2021/02/the-commercia...

[4] SpaceX, Economies of Scale, and a Revolution in Space Access https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/ite...

[5] Made In Space, Expectations Management, and the Business of In-Space Manufacturing https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/ite...

[6] Space, the Final Economic Frontier https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/ite...

[7] Space Angels, Multiple Equilibria, and Financing the Space Economy https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/ite...