Discussion keeps the world turning.
Translating the trends and deciphering the headlines.
This is Roundtable.
I'm Neil Holen.
From rockets to roses, from satellites to space factories, in our previous episode,
we've established that China's commercial space industry is moving from ambition to application.
Here is a useful way to think about the future of it.
Commercial space is not just selling lunches, it's selling optionality.
Optionality for industries to test ideas that are impossible on Earth.
optionality for companies to shorten R&D cycles,
optionality for countries to build new growth engines when traditional industries slow down.
And that's where things get interesting.
So today, let's see why the next chapter is not only written by astronauts alone, but by farmers,
engineers, scientists,
and policymakers who may never leave Earth yet are already shaping humanity's future beyond it.
For today's show, I'm joined by Fei Fei and Steve Hatherly.
Now pull up a chair and join the conversation.
Once space becomes affordable, it becomes useful.
And once it becomes useful, everyone wants a piece of it.
So who's actually benefiting and who's paying the price?