"Some 650 million people around the world watched with bated breath as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin touched down on the Moon in 1969. With just seconds of fuel remaining, the success of the nail-biting Apollo 11 landing was sealed with a single line uttered by Armstrong: "Houston, Tranquility Base here," he radioed back to mission command's base in Texas. "The Eagle has landed.""
"And the state's space sector is rapidly expanding. The World Economic Forum predicts that the global space economy will grow from US$630 billion in 2023 to $1.8 trillion in 2035, driven by rising commercial investment and demand for space-based services, and Texas wants a part of that action. Today, the state hosts more than 10% of the US aerospace workforce, around 200,000 workers, behind only California and Washington."
"Already, 18 of the 20 largest aerospace manufacturing companies in the United States operate in Texas, and the state has seen a proliferation of smaller start-up firms. Drawn by the allure of large parcels of land for building facilities, and by proximity to renowned institutions such as NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, more than 500 space-sector companies have set up shop in Texas since 2019, taking the state's total to around 2,000."
Texas has long played a central role in U.S. spaceflight, exemplified by the Apollo 11 landing communicated from mission command in Texas. The state's space sector is rapidly expanding as the global space economy is forecast to grow substantially by 2035, and Texas aims to capture part of that growth. Texas hosts more than 10% of the U.S. aerospace workforce—around 200,000 workers—and 18 of the top 20 U.S. aerospace manufacturers operate in the state. More than 500 space-sector companies have located in Texas since 2019, bringing the state's total to roughly 2,000 firms.
Read at Nature
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]