Space industries could soon be worth trillions of dollars – fueled by growing ‘space as a service’ capabilities and possible asteroid mining by 2040. With the cost of sending payloads into orbit plunging since 2010s, entrepreneurs are seeing big opportunities in commercializing space. We asked NASA-scientist-turned-astropreneur Bidushi Bhattacharya which sectors are ready for liftoff and how commercializing space is set to change life on Earth forever.

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