Space Tech May Bring 2nd Silicon Revolution, With Implications for Security and Business

Q&A discussion with Robert J. Bunker of the U.S. Army War College

SpaceX's Falcon 9 in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on April 26, 2015. NASA via Getty Images

We can largely thank the moon race of the 1950s and ‘60s for the technologies at the foundation of modern cell phones, computers, and GPS. With a new space industry on the horizon, and with talks of military operations in space, it’s possible the world could see another technological revolution.

A recent note to clients from Morgan Stanley allegedly said space could create a $1 trillion economy. In a move that may help drive some of that technological advance, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to create a Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed services.