STEM Program

Technology Innovations That Will Lead Humans to Becoming a Multi-Planetary Species

Faculty Advisor: Eisenhower Fellow and Chief Medical Innovation Officer for Liberty BioSecurity

Research Program Introduction

In 2021, the Harvard Business Review announced to the world: “The Commercial Space Age Is Here!” It explained that “in May of 2020, SpaceX made history as the first private company to send humans into space. This marks not only a tremendous technological achievement but also the first indication that an entirely new ‘space-for-space’ industry . . . could be close at hand”.

Commercialization of Space is a promising new field for future leaders and researchers. It concerns the provision of goods or services with commercial value using equipment sent into Earth’s orbit or outer space. This phenomenon accelerates cross-sector innovation processes, combining the most advanced Space and digital technologies to develop a broad portfolio of space-based services. Through this program, students will understand the necessity of and opportunities for current and future human exploration of space.

This program will focus on the growing commercialization of Space and the technologies that will continue to drive the expansion of human evolution into Space and beyond. Students will learn to evaluate and gain an in-depth understanding of the various issues and technical challenges surrounding the commercialization of Space. They will also study the most promising companies and technologies that will lead humanity’s exploration of the cosmos.

In this program, students will also learn general and subject-specific research and academic writing methods used in universities and scholarly publications. Students will focus on individual topics and generate their own work products upon program completion.

Project Topics

  • Evaluating established and emerging space technology

  • Assess the space commercial sector 

  • Major companies influencing the sector 

  • Major governments leading in space exploration

  • Barriers to the commercialization of space

  • Barriers to deep space exploration

Program Details

  • Cohort size: 3 to 5 students

  • Workload: Around 5 hours per week (including class and homework time)

  • Target students: 9 to 12th graders interested in STEM subjects, Space, Business, Investment, Government, Aerospace, AI, and other related fields.

  • Schedule: TBD. Meetings will take place for around one hour per week, with a weekly meeting day and time to be determined one week before the class start date.