On this edition of the Ex Terra podcast, we talk with Bill Kemp, CEO of United Space Structures. USS is planning to build a large self-sustaining facility on the Moon that will house hundreds of people and to start construction by 2026.

CEO Mike Turner and CCO Tom Patton discuss the origins of this new effort to "Chronicle, Cajole and Critique the Conquest of Commercial Space."

On this edition of the Ex Terra podcast, Tom Patton talks with Dr. Tina Highfill of the Bureau of Economic Analysis. 

The BEA is working to establish a "Satellite Account" to measure the economic contributions of both commercial and government ventures in space. This new set of statistics will measure the contributions of space-related industries (and possibly activities) to the overall U.S. economy, giving business leaders and policymakers a new tool to analyze the space economy and inform investment decisions.