Comments on: Waiting on Explorer http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/11/01/waiting-on-explorer/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: Tim Waters http://www.newspacejournal.com/2006/11/01/waiting-on-explorer/comment-page-1/#comment-34878 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:01:11 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2006/11/01/waiting-on-explorer/#comment-34878 I hope Prodea is also looking into domestic partnerships, such as a teaming with Benson Space. They could likely have a stronger management role were such a partnership to occur.

The biggest market (at first) will surely be the the US market. It’s a fact that the commercial space ecosystem is most vibrant in the states. And partnering with an international firm would probably face regulatory challenges in addition to the technology development challenges in developing the totally new Explorer. Benson Space on the other hand is a domestic company, and is proposing a vehicle that has already flown.

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