Could a first mover lock everyone out of outer space?

This article was created by Forethought. Read the full article on our website.AbstractIn this piece, we ask whether a first mover could prevent others from accessing outer space, or at least raise the cost of doing so. If this is possible, by force or otherwise, they would have a way to cement their lead.We define two broad kinds of lock-out: soft and hard.By soft lock-out, we mean capturing scarce, non-substitutable assets and denying them to rivals, which raises their cost of entry into the sp...