Tags Dr. Bruce Cordell 21st Century Waves fractal Maslow Windows Maslow Hierarchy of Needs Pyramid returning to the Moon grand scale space projects economic prosperity JFK Mars space trends space politics space policy timing importance Apollo boom times prosperity economic conditions Geopolitical events Animal Spirits extreme political partisanship business environment international space project participation NASA budgets private space sector Musk SpaceX Bezos Blue Origin NewSpace U.S. Congress space policy flashpoints Maslow Window opportunity closures space settlement SLS Orion SpaceX rockets lunar return failure American space leadership and dominance economic growth investing in space for the future Guest Dr. Bruce Cordell Tagline Dr. Cordell provides a timely analysis of events impacting our space policy and return to the Moon program View the discussion thread.