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12/13/2025 Dear Supporters, As we look toward a future defined by possibility, I am proud to share the progress the Center for Space Commerce and Finance (CSCF) achieved in 2025, and the bold steps...

For decades, people have rolled their eyes when helium 3 is mentioned in the same breath as the Moon. The story always jumped from Apollo rocks to futuristic fusion reactors, skipping over the...

Upmass gets all the attention. Rockets light up the sky, satellites get press releases, and astronauts smile for the cameras. But downmass? That is the unglamorous sibling who actually pays the...

Guest post by Sean Key As an investment watcher, I see space startups dealing with challenges that make other industries look tame. These are not lean software plays spinning up in a garage. They...

Guest post by Sean Key For decades, visions of space commerce have leaned heavily on speculative exports such as Helium 3 or rare lunar metals. While these ideas capture imagination, they are far...

Guest post by Sean Key Introduction Global birth rates are falling and populations are aging. The global fertility rate has dropped from nearly five children per woman in the 1950s to about 2.3 in...

by Sean Key Frontier industries like commercial space and deep tech have always faced the same paradox: they are too important to ignore, yet too uncertain for traditional financial models....

When I first developed the Tier Method my ambitions were not as comprehensive as the method’s current form, but the foundation came from the same thesis. My conviction has always been that for the...

By Sean Key Note on Perspective Just a heads-up, I am not an aerospace engineer or technical expert. What follows is based on my own review of publicly available images and information, and reflects...

The Center for Space Commerce and Finance has partnered with the Space Generation Advisory Council, along with  SGAC’s Project Groups Coordination Team, to produce and host a space startup “Elevator...