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S8 Ep1109: The Capitalism Model and Monetization of the Space Sector. Bob Zimmerman. Wall Street has embraced commercial space, with private companies like Catalyst performing satellite servicing missions once reserved for government agencies. The U.S. Space Force n

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John Batchelor

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🗓️ 9 July 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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The Capitalism Model and Monetization of the Space Sector. Bob Zimmerman. Wall Street has embraced commercial space, with private companies like Catalyst performing satellite servicing missions once reserved for government agencies. The U.S. Space Force now buys rapid-launch capabilities from the private sector for orbital reconnaissance. India is also transitioning its space program toward this capitalist model to increase efficiency. (11)

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your subscriptions are most welcome. I recommend subscriptions because then you don't have to think

1:01.3

about it ever again. And also, Bob appreciates subscriptions because it's an investment in the

1:07.2

future, which is bumpy. But I add one thing that Bob's been anticipating for years,

1:12.6

and it's here now. Wall Street has discovered space and money. And it is no longer science fiction

1:19.7

to them. They're now raiding space companies. There are a lot of analysts. This is business

1:25.9

the way Wall Street likes it. And Bob is a reporter for what is now

1:30.4

being monetized, commercial space. We begin with Catalyst. What is Catalyst riding to the rescue, Bob?

1:37.7

This is a perfect example of modernization. Monotization and making money from space and doing it to do space astronomy and science.

1:48.1

The Swift, Gerald Swift space telescopes been up for about two decades.

1:52.7

It's one of the best telescopes NASA ever launched.

1:55.5

It was originally designed to try to figure out what gamma-ray bursts are.

2:00.2

So when a gamma-ray burst occurs, they only know approximately where in the sky it is.

2:07.0

And so to see optical counterpart of that, you had to quickly turn and take pictures of that spot.

2:14.1

And it was impossible until Swift was launched.

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