Interactive Explorer
The Activation Energy Explorer
How falling launch costs unlock the space economy
The space economy behaves like a chemical reaction governed by activation energy. As launch costs fall, successive economic sectors cross their viability thresholds and ignite. Drag the slider below to watch the transition unfold — from today's $1,500/kg to the projected frontier of $10/kg.
This model draws on the Arrhenius framework introduced in Chapter II: The Activation Energy Collapse. To understand the full thermodynamic argument — and why these thresholds matter for capital allocation — start from the beginning.
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