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When you lower the cost of access to space, a boom of innovation follows, just as low-cost fiber optics paved the way for the Internet and the cloud services that followed.
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Reducing costs in accessing space facilitates technological innovation and growth.
This quote emphasizes the idea that making space more accessible at a lower cost leads to significant advancements and innovations, similar to how affordable fiber optics revolutionized communication and technology through the Internet and cloud services. It suggests a direct correlation between reduced barriers and increased creativity and productivity in technology.
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SpaceInnovationTechnologyAccessCostFiber OpticsInternetCloud Services
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In a speech about the future of technology, I referenced how lowering barriers to entry in space can lead to groundbreaking innovations.
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