The Journal of Space Commerce

The Journal of Space Commerce

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A New Utility for Public Benefit

How the Space Industry has become an Indispensable Resource

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Mike Turner
Nov 25, 2025
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Photo by Alexandr Popadin on Unsplash

As we think about things we should be thankful for this week, one is the nearly invisible infrastructure that has been built in space. Modern civilization would grind to a halt without it. ATMs would stop dispensing cash, commercial aviation would lose precision navigation, and billions of people would lose internet …

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