How To Catch Up On The Space Race

Space competition is harsh. Countries and Unions try to catch up with the USA and China. Here are some of my recommendations:

1. Concentrate on the main object (to have effective number of communication, military and earth observation satellites). The planetary and moon exploration can wait, allocate minimum resource on them.

2. Form a new organization. It should operate agile and flexible. There shouldn't be hierarchy within. It should operate like a good orchestra not a military unit. As the company's operations expand, most of the current government space agencies roles should be passed over to the new organization. To reduce the resistance, change the top management of the current space agency. No one will be unemployed. It is just the transformation of a bureaucratic structure to a Orchestra like professional working environment. 

3. Make the new organization vertically integrated. It should be able to manufacture the rockets, the satellites and the fuels all by itself. It may have more than one facility around the country or the union. The key is, they should work as one not like a separate entity.

4. Utilize the current rockets in house. Just bundle them to achieve reusability. I had explained it on my modular rocket design. Just be innovative and make a reusable rocket from what you already have. Just attach them side by side and add stability extensions. I also recommend the building of flying landing pad. Use nonflammable glass fiber cushions in the worst case to catch the returning rocket. Therefore, it doesn't need to land perfectly. 

5. Develop quick and dirty solutions. It is the method of startups because they don't have resources. Don't insist on human space flight until you progressed. Satellites are much more important and their failure is just financial. Include scientists and engineers from poorer countries. They would look for cheaper solutions. Also, partial lack of knowledge helps. Such people would look for engineeringly easier solutions, like I do.

6. Try the achieve the same goal with fewer number of satellites and lower mass to orbit. Multipurpose the satellites (military, communication and earth observation combined).

7. Use very high-altitude balloons for some of the earth observation, communication, military and space exploration tasks. Balloons would solve much more of the space problems then you would believe. Don't try to solve every space related problem with very expansive space launches. Balloons are also a part of the new space agency I proposed!