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Out of This World Supply Chains of the Future

The business of Space Commerce pursuing Space Resources is developing rapidly. It is currently a $330 billion industry with accelerating growth. The number of new private companies being created to use space commercially is at an all-time high, with $13.3 billion invested in over eighty space startup companies since 2000. Continuing rapid growth of in-space businesses will increase the need for an in-space supply of propellants, life support materials, metals, and other commodities. The goal is the in-space delivery of the right materials, to the right place, for the right price, to support the sustainable expansion of Earth’s economy into space.

The need for supply chain talent to manage the Supply Chains of the Future (click on the hyperlinks below), will launch many exciting careers right here in Southern California.

Article: SpaceX is building a Supply Chain to Mars

Article: Jeff-Bezos (Amazon) to Compete with SpaceX

Web site: FedeX Space Solutions

Video: Deep Space Industries, Inc.

Video: Mining in Space

Video: Mining Asteroids

Article: Mexico (NAFTA) Aerospace Summit

Related, more mature and much bigger areas of explosive Supply Chain Logistics growth are serving:

1. Electric and Hydrogen Vehicles

2. Autonomous (UGV) Vehicles

3. Drones (Unmanned Systems)

4. Autonomous (UAV) Drones