As SpaceX launched two U.S. NASA Astronauts into orbit on Saturday from LC-39A,
many of us were joyful. We are experiencing the outcomes from a long
journey back to true collaboration, between government agencies and the
private sector industrial complex.
The new
problem-sets ahead of us and the continuous ability for dual-use
technologies to span both the government sector and the commerial
markets will be challenging. One thing is certain.
We will persevere in this "Infinite Game"
and the U.S. will utilize the best and the brightest methods of
innovation to achieve our ambitions for space travel ahead. Our
imagination will carry us far beyond any horizon we can visualize,
especially in creating more effective public-private partnerships.
How
might a "Moonshot and Beyond" way of thinking across America,
accelerate us towards a new future state? What will we do to utilize
the way our brightest minds think and do almost everything different
today?
The combination of decades of experience
with "Baby Boomers" integrating with the ingenuity and "Will Do"
aspirations of our new Generations that are just getting their wings, is
our real opportunity.
The opportunity to forge
substantial break throughs in engineering, software development and a
variety of autonomous vehicles. The opportunity to develop expendable
sensors and low cost tools, to continuously protect our nation. The
chance to put a man on Mars and beyond.
Legacy
platforms of the past, that have kept us from a true technological
revolution, must finally go to the grave. Our National Security and
livelihood now depends on it.
Open minds and
investment capital in the hands of the right organizations, will propel
us into a future we all know is possible. Academia fusion with venture
mind-sets builds the stage for innovation. Yet what real-world problems
from government and industry can be solved?
