Money and the moonshot - Part two

For the Apollo missions the burden of NASA’s budget fell squarely on the back of American taxpayers, and they were sold on this onerous arrangement by the context of the Cold War. When the main driver of your space program is partisan, your funding model is vulnerable to political risk. In this episode we explore the potential impact of mixing politics with commercial ventures in space. We discuss whether the current surge in space investments is leading to a bubble and ask whether investors can realistically expect to see a return on their investment.