Coronavirus freezing funding for space companies and more than half may not make it, analyst says
An Astra rocket on the launchpad in Kodiak, Alaska.
Astra | John Kraus
Years of private funding flowing into young and growing space companies has ground to a halt during the coronavirus pandemic, in what one firm describes as a “culling” of space companies backed by venture capital.
Investment in private space companies had seen a golden age in recent years, including a record nearly $6…