1st Quarter Wrap Up: Who’s Who & What’s Up in the Space-Based Economy

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“Bank of America Merrill Lynch sees the size of the space industry octupling over the next three decades, to at least $2.7 trillion…As the cost of space access plummets, BofAML joined Morgan Stanley among Wall Street investment banks bullish on the extraterrestrial industry. Both put the space market today at around $350 billion, but BofAML’s outlook is nearly triple Morgan Stanley’s expectation of a $1.1 trillion market by 2040.” ~ Michael Sheetz @thesheetztweetz

“2017 saw a record $3.9B of non-government, equity investment flow into commercial space companies” ~ Space Angels, Space Investment Quarterly Q4 2017

By Catherine Austin Fitts

This week on The Solari Report, I will present the theme of the 1st Quarter 2018 Wrap Up: Who’s Who & What’s Up in the Space-Based Economy.

I will review the area of activities, the changes in technology that are inspiring growth and the companies and private enterprises active in space. I will also cover the unanswered questions that make evolving an integrated framework for space economics such a mind-bending challenge.

The Trump Administration is significantly increasing US interest and investment in space. The President has even indicated he wants a “Space Corp.” There is a lot to be excited about.

However, there are also significant concerns. Will investment in space merely be used to justify more central control with surveillance and communications technology combined with high tech weaponry? I will touch on Elana Freeland’s new book, Under An Ionized Sky.

Make sure you review our updated presentation under Space Enterprises at the 1st Quarter 2018 Wrap Up Web Presentation. Jason Worth has updated and expanded our list of companies traded on US, European and Asian stock markets, as well as private space companies (yes, lots of new start ups) and governmental organizations. Reviewing the growing number of companies involved helps demonstrate the breadth of the activities involved and the explosive investment underway.

In Let’s Go to the Movies, I recommend another great film from director Ridley Scott – The Martian. The push for man made missions to Mars is on – and it’s a global push. While politicians would have you believe that the US, Russia and China are at each others throats, a remarkable amount of cooperation continues in space. It’s part of becoming a multi-planetary civilization.

Make sure to check out our extensive section Space in the Movies at the 1st Quarter 2018 Wrap Up Web Presentation – with recommendations and reviews for 60+ movies about space.

It’s the last week of the month so no Money & Markets.

Keep posting and e-mailing your questions for Ask Catherine. I will respond in the first Money & Markets in May.

Talk to you Thursday!

47 Comments

  1. “defeating cancer!” was an excellent, brief read. greatly increased my potential future resilience with ‘nature’s chemotherapy’. thanks again.

    regarding chemtrails and smart dust and morgellons – i came across this lecture by sophia smallstorm; i dont know what to make of it but it seems to corroborate the robert duncan frequency based ID claims. this is such a strange world…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRl8oQNmHJo

    reminded me of the 2015 economist cover which had a small image of a cropduster “crop-o-dust” on it. going to transition to a sprouts heavy diet immediately – the vector may be the entire food supply.

    does anyone have any opinions on this?

    1. Perfect description…very strange. Suggest you read Elana Freeland’s Under an Ionized sky – helps to make sense of what Sofia is saying.

  2. “defeating cancer!” was an excellent, brief read. greatly increased my potential future resilience with ‘nature’s chemotherapy’. thanks again.

    regarding chemtrails and smart dust and morgellons – i came across this lecture by sophia smallstorm; i dont know what to make of it but it seems to corroborate the robert duncan frequency based ID claims. this is such a strange world…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRl8oQNmHJo

    reminded me of the 2015 economist cover which had a small image of a cropduster “crop-o-dust” on it. going to transition to a sprouts heavy diet immediately – the vector may be the entire food supply.

    does anyone have any opinions on this?

    1. Perfect description…very strange. Suggest you read Elana Freeland’s Under an Ionized sky – helps to make sense of what Sofia is saying.

  3. I don’t think humans be going into space if they cannot manage a local community properly. It another way to run away from problems, how easily humans are damaged, crime, corruption, etc. Better to find out how to fix this first. Why isn’t this a major topic of study. my 2 penneth.

  4. I don’t think humans be going into space if they cannot manage a local community properly. It another way to run away from problems, how easily humans are damaged, crime, corruption, etc. Better to find out how to fix this first. Why isn’t this a major topic of study. my 2 penneth.

  5. Interesting Book on Washington and history of the 1st Constitutional Convention
    “The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789”
    by Edward Larson (Pepperdine University, Pulitzer Prize in History)
    4 part interview:
    http://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/fwpma-39ecc/The-John-Batchelor-Show
    Indispensable & Inexhaustible: The Return of George Washington: Uniting the States
    Part 1 of 4: http://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/DIR3EFC325RUKSP
    Part 2 of 4: http://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/DIR3F27D52HTBQR

  6. Interesting Book on Washington and history of the 1st Constitutional Convention
    “The Return of George Washington: 1783-1789”
    by Edward Larson (Pepperdine University, Pulitzer Prize in History)
    4 part interview:
    http://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/fwpma-39ecc/The-John-Batchelor-Show
    Indispensable & Inexhaustible: The Return of George Washington: Uniting the States
    Part 1 of 4: http://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/DIR3EFC325RUKSP
    Part 2 of 4: http://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/DIR3F27D52HTBQR

  7. Holy smokes… you sure know how to throw a rock in the pond, Catherine… and do so fearlessly. You are like The Honey Badger of questioning what budgets are, and how they are moving the (our,the) money.

    NO ONE is asking these questions pragmatically, other than you and your friends (JPF, Dolan… etc).

    As usual… good stuff sister. I hope you have divine and gratitude filled time on the “top o the world” (It’s ALL perpective, right?).

    dy

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