United States Space Industrial Base | New Space Economy

Infographic explaining the U.S. government’s increasing use of commercial providers for launch, satellite communications, Earth observation, space domain awareness, and low Earth orbit destinations, with benefits, risks, and notes on NASA and the U.S. Space Force.

THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF U.S. NATIONAL SPACE CAPABILITIES

Infographic explaining a nine-stage financing path for space companies, from founder capital, grants, and research support through seed and venture funding, strategic investment, government contracts, growth equity, debt and project finance, and public markets; side panels list sector financing challenges and investor priorities.

WHO FINANCES THE U.S. SPACE INDUSTRIAL BASE?

Infographic outlining nine connected stages of the U.S. space sector, from raw materials and components through spacecraft, launch infrastructure, satellite operations, data processing, and downstream applications, with identified bottleneck areas.

FROM RAW MATERIALS TO ORBIT: THE U.S. SPACE INDUSTRIAL VALUE CHAIN

Infographic describing the U.S. space industrial ecosystem, its industry segments and supporting institutions, government customers, and contributions to security, innovation, economic growth, and services on Earth.

THE U.S. SPACE INDUSTRIAL BASE: WHO MAKES AMERICA’S SPACE CAPABILITIES POSSIBLE?

Infographic comparing traditional and higher-volume space manufacturing across customization, modularity, production speed, testing, automation, digital engineering, additive manufacturing, quality control, and supply-chain demands; additional panels show factory stages, scale enablers, constraints, and cited U.S. space-operation figures.

CAN AMERICA SCALE SPACE MANUFACTURING FAST ENOUGH?

Infographic summarizing space industry capabilities across Washington, Colorado, California, Florida, Texas, Alabama, Virginia, Maryland, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, including launch, manufacturing, satellites, defense, software, research, and testing.

WHERE AMERICA BUILDS SPACE: THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE U.S. SPACE INDUSTRIAL BASE

Infographic describing a progression from current space-industry capabilities to scalable production and cislunar infrastructure, with cross-cutting requirements for policy, security, partnerships, innovation, sustainability, and market growth.

THE NEXT U.S. SPACE INDUSTRIAL BASE: WHAT MUST AMERICA BE ABLE TO BUILD?

Infographic describing the workforce disciplines, occupations, challenges, and talent-development pathways connected to the U.S. space industrial base, including education, engineering, manufacturing, launch operations, data, software, and cybersecurity.

THE PEOPLE BEHIND AMERICA’S SPACE INDUSTRIAL BASE

Infographic describing U.S. government agencies, investment stages, and public-sector roles that support space capabilities and the industrial supply chain.

HOW THE U.S. GOVERNMENT SHAPES THE SPACE INDUSTRIAL BASE

Infographic showing supply-chain vulnerabilities across the U.S. space industrial base, with stages from raw materials through launch and recommendations for improving resilience.

WHAT COULD BREAK THE SPACE SUPPLY CHAIN?