Silicon Valley Goes to Space

Silicon Valley Goes to Space
KQED, 18 November 2013
http://blogs.kqed.org/science/video/silicon-valley-goes-to-space/

But now, in the age of cutbacks and federal furloughs, NASA is turning to the private sector to more cheaply get to Low Earth Orbit, a region roughly 100 to 600 miles above earth where the International Space Station is located. From space tourism to plans to mine the moon, dozens of for-profit companies, many with the business models, characters and the high-tech, risk-taking culture of Silicon Valley, are reshaping American space exploration.