TAMPA, Fla. — While the space economy is expanding across multiple fronts, questions remain about how some of its most promising opportunities could translate growing demand into sustainable profits.
"All of these things have value, but how do you derive the value and have a cost effective data acquisition for the commercial marketplace? ," said Lisa Rich, founder and chief operating officer of hyperspectral imagery company Xplore, at the Satellite Conference in Washington, D.C. March 25.
"I think that's the challenge, and the nut that hasn't necessarily been cracked, because we don't see that 'internet moment' that you expected to see with the data being this gold mine just yet," she said.
