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Joel Machen Joins Spideroak Federal as VP of Program Management for Zero-Trust Hybrid Space Security Solutions

Blockchain is most often associated with Bitcoin, but the technology has important applications for many industries including the space sector.

Most people don’t know it yet, but we’re in the midst of a second space race, which many people in the field call New Space.

Since it burst onto the scene with Bitcoin, blockchain has been linked with other cryptocurrencies, digital artwork and extraordinary energy consumption. The heart of blockchain, though, is a distributed ledger with important applications for the space sector. Read More

If you have been amazed by recent space breakthroughs like flying a robotic helicopter on Mars, reusable rockets that can land vertically, and the long-anticipated takeoff of space tourism, brace yourself: this is just the beginning. But with new moves into space, there is the risk that we will take our Earthbound cyber vulnerabilities with us into orbit.

There’s an interesting dichotomy in blockchain and blockchain-based apps.

Dave Pearah and FBN’s Maria Bartiromo discuss the new space economy, the investment opportunity, and the cyber threat to this potential one trillion-dollar market.

The U.S. Air Force has approved an approximately $750,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant to SpiderOak to test its new OrbitSecure™ secure communications protocol on military satellites and ground stations.