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Space is the new hot market with high-profile entrepreneurs like Elon Musk/SpaceX, Jeff Bezos/Blue Origin, and Richard Branson/Virgin Galactic). Venture capitalist (VC) investment in space is at an all-time high and increasing—a record $3.9B in 2017, according to CNBC. And corporate M&A in the space sector is on the rise (e.g., the $9.2B acquisition of OrbitalATK by Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC); the $2.4B acquisition of Digital Globe by MDA (now Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR))).

The Trump administration has [also] raised the possibility of further militarization of space, which would entail significant additional defense spending. And only this month the NASA Chief Jim Bridenstine has floated the idea of further commercial involvement in the International Space Station as it nears its end of service date."