Space – the final frontier for investors

The prospect of space tourism may have garnered the headlines, but there are far more ways to invest beyond the earth’s atmosphere, as Aime Williams reports.

A fledgling “space entertainment” company plans to offer meteors on demand from 2018 — one example of “new space” enterprises that are attracting investor interest.

This company and others like it are testament to the changing space industry.

Broaden the definition of space technology to this extent, and it becomes clear that retail investors need only pick relevant technology companies to gain exposure to the burgeoning space industry.

Nowadays, Goonhilly’s enormous dish is contracted by companies to download data from satellites.

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