Southern California's Space Economy Revival Creates New Aerospace Jobs
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Summary
Southern California is experiencing a resurgence in aerospace and space economy jobs, with companies like Vast building commercial space stations, Varda Space Industries developing pharmaceuticals in microgravity, and AstroForge planning asteroid mining operations. These companies represent a new wave of space-related businesses revitalizing the regional economy that was once dominated by traditional aerospace manufacturing.
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Varda Space Industries has grown molecular crystals in microgravity with few impurities for pharmaceuticals that one day could be injected in cancer patients
AstroForge aims to land a spacecraft on an asteroid just a football field wide and mine possibly billions in platinum riches
The companies aren't anomalies but rather three examples of aerospace companies sprouting all across Southern California
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