PopSci: Ranks the Players in Private Space Race

Comments [1] posted: Dec 11, 2009 Greg O'Byrne

Neat little rankings of the commercial space race going on right now.  No big surprise in the top two: Ranking the Players In the Private Race to Space

They show them in a neat little gallery, but if you just want the quick list here it is.

  1. Virgin Galactic
  2. SpaceX
  3. Orbital Sciences Corporation
  4. Scaled Composites (How is this different than Virgin Galactic)
  5. Masten Space Systems
  6. Armadillo Aerospace
  7. Planetary Society
  8. Bigelow Aerospace
  9. XCOR Aerospace
  10. Blue Origin (Jeff Bezos)
  11. Ad Astra Rocket Co.
  12. Interorbital Systems
  13. ARCA
  14. Da Vinci Project / The Dreamspace Group
  15. Space Adventures

My opinion is Number 4 is a repeat of Number 1 and once you get down to number 10 the quality of companies drops off a bit.  Also can Space Adventures really be on this list, it is really just a travel agency…


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tags: [space | SpaceX | virgin]


Monday, December 14, 2009 12:38:13 PM UTC
Cool list, but I agree the order is way off. For one thing, what right does Masten have to be ahead of Armadillo? Armadilo has more practical experience and is working on more projects, including the rocket racing league. And, remember my 11/2 post http://www.techrivet.com/2009/11/02/NGLLCJudgesAllowMastenExtraDayToCompleteLevel1Challenge.aspx. Armadilo was robbed for the level 1 NGLLC!
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