We will see even faster development cycle times with better data, and with the demise of the Titan and the super boosters, spacecraft carried to orbit by smaller launch vehicles and using more modern upper stages. And most urgently, we drastically need investment improvements in our 1958-era propulsion technologies. The challenge to the small satellite industry is to continue to force the retreat of big satellite complacency, while carrying the small satellite revolution to the farthest corners of the galaxy. We must capitalize on America's technology strengths and maintain international dominance. Above all, we must never settle for the status quo.
Small satellites are the norm, instead of the exception.