Pipelines to payloads: risk management lessons for the space economy

The space economy is taking notes from the energy sector. SpaceNews explains that both deal with the same core challenge: managing complex disputes that involve sovereign power, geopolitics, regulation, and private capital. For decades, energy companies have navigated these tensions while building infrastructure across borders. Now, as private ventures move into space, they're discovering that orbital infrastructure faces the very same geopolitical pressures—the same mix of national interests, regulatory hurdles, and competing stakes.

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