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Private Space to the Government: "Get Out of the Way!"
• Popular MechanicsThe mood at the Space Business Forum, an
annual gathering of investors and space geeks
was impatience to get the feds out of the way so the private sector can
attract investments and grow quicker. "I'd say the role of government
[in the space industry] is too high," says Heidi Wood, the senior
equity analyst for aerospace for Morgan Stanley. "There are far too
many hands on it."