It’s been a busy month in space. Between the return of Boeing’s problematic Starliner (sans the two astronauts currently stranded on the International Space Station (ISS)), the first private commercial space walk by the tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, and the new contract that NASA recently awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX, the commercialization of space has accelerated and grabbed headlines. The transition from government programs to private and commercial space exploration has been happening for a long time. More companies are moving into the sector to help with everything from supporting the retirement of the ISS to furthering research done in both orbital and suborbital space.

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Sierra Space, a commercial space and defense company based in Colorado, is one of those companies. It has........

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