By Gabe Mounce, Director, Space Force Accelerators Gas stations in space are closer than we think. For that matter, so are space tow trucks, space internet, space license plates and manufacturing in space.    The rise of the U.S. Space Force has dominated 2020 news with space technology making huge

The Hyperspace Challenge Editorial Staff With many space technology innovations originating in the private sector in recent years, Gabe Mounce, director of the Space Force accelerator program, recently wrote that the federal government should increasingly utilize programs such as Hyperspace Challenge to strengthen government-startup collaboration.In the article, written for Space News,

By Roxanne Aragon, Hyperspace Challenge Program Director As the third Hyperspace Challenge cohort advances with its 2020 finalists into the core working phase of the program, it becomes easy to focus solely on what the accelerator delivers to startups: a chance to work one on one with government customers to

By the Hyperspace Challenge Editorial Team Some of the most consistent advice you’ll hear when launching a startup is to make sure that your company is solving a problem. But often the problems are with the startup itself: How are you going to get financing? How are you going to

By Gabe Mounce, Director, Space Force Accelerators   We are excited to announce that we’ve selected 11 startups and two universities to participate in our 2020 cohort as we head into our third year of the Hyperspace Challenge. The companies comprising this cohort, which include some of the industry’s best

By Gabe Mounce, Director, Space Force Accelerators If this period of coronavirus quarantine has taught us anything, it’s that there is no substitute for human interaction. It’s how we learn from each other and come to better understand each other’s needs. According to Amit Mehra, managing partner at Arlington, VA-based