 Last year saw a record year of private capital invested in space, with a 60 increase to US12.4nm, amid a year of long-awaited breakthroughs from the industry. These included headline-grabbing space tourism for Sir Richard Bransons Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc NYSE:SPCE and Jeff Bezoss Blue Origin, as well as new rocket achievements from Elon Musks SpaceX, along with a number of public listings on both sides of the Atlantic for space-related companies, including Spire Global Inc NYSE:SPIR, Arqit Quantum Inc NASDAQ:ARQQ and AST SpaceMobile Inc NASDAQ:ASTS. 