Subscribe to PostsWhat is this unknown company and why is it suddenly so important? Well, as it turns out Moog is an aerospace manufacturing company that chose Space Port America for its testing site. Working in conjunction with UP Aerospace Moog launched its test rocket using UP’s Launch systems. While the flights were not successful in nature it created much needed data for engineers to work with.
Although I am embarrassed to admit I’ve never heard of Moog until today, but the company is actually very large and covers multiple sectors of the economy. Moog covers Aerospace, Energy, Industrial Technology and even Medical Tech just to name a few of their markets. Throughout these markets Moog specializes in motion control.
(To learn more about Moog you can visit their website by checking out my space companies tab.)
Moog’s demonstration is an important step for Space Port America’s survival. If Space Port America hopes to be successful it must not only attract tourism but be a bed for innovation and future space travel testing. The absence of red tape that is usually a pain when dealing with military establishments makes Space Port America much more hospitable towards innovation, hopefully pushing America into a much more involved space future.
Space Port America is slated to finish construction at the end of 2011. Hopefully with the influx of space tourism, Moog will be a leader in a much larger job market for the state of New Mexico. Not only will hotels and tourist activities be built but maybe even a larger community will blossom to support testing facilities and high tech industry. If your looking for a place to invest I would have my money in New Mexico.
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Will
September 3rd, 2009 at 06:53
Bryan:
MoogFTS got the press, but you might want to look closer at UP Aerospace. FTS is small and innovative, but UP has done some of the truly entrepreneurial stuff in space lately. It is a launch services and systems integrator. They have a Spaceloft vehicle that got the price down low enough so that I would guess they have flown over 1000 students experiments to (suborbital) space. You can check their site at upaerospace.us.com/.
In terms of commercializing space for the common man, you might also look at Celestis. It’s really a marketing and event firm that has been coordinating flights of ashes (cremated remains) into space for a decade, but they could be an important “retail aggregator” of small flights. Their site is celestis.com/