How Max Polyakov from Zaporozhie Develops the Ukrainian Space Industry
Max Polyakov made an exception to the rule when he sought to help his country of Ukraine to reassert itself in the aerospace industry innovation and manufacturing. In Ukraine, only the state reserves the right to expand the space industry. However, sometimes, life calls for a unique vision and focus on going against the grain, to succeed. Mr. Polyakov developed Noosphere company to inject new synergy in an industry that was beginning to wane as a result of breaking away from the former USSR, and ill preparation for continuity on the part of the Ukrainian government.
How Does He Do It?
Of course, this is the most immediate question if you understand the aerospace industry workings in Ukraine. Ukraine does not lack the requisite technology and expertise in aerospace development. Primarily, Ukraine boasts of having been home to 24 aero industry factories producing rockets, following the fall of the USSR. Some of them had already made a world mark. However, ever since the break up from the former USSR, the country has not been aggressive enough to sustain the former aerospace production levels. According to Max Polyakov, Ukraine now lags behind other aerospace technology and vehicle developers such as the USA, France, China, and Japan. Polyakov points out that there are setbacks, but charts the way forth with his Firefly Company. He points out that Ukraine retains the production potential and proposes the private sector as the new true driver of space technology development. Polyakov notes that the golden age for developing intercontinental ballistic missiles is gone. Therefore, manufacturers must evolve and focus on different types of space technology. The law should also be reviewed to allow the private sector to fully participate in aerospace technology exploration and production. He reiterates that sticking to the old ways that do not yield any gains in the industry will not break the stagnation.
Hope in the Pipeline
Max Polyakov and interested parties in the private sector may soon put on a bigger smile on their faces. Given the glaring success of companies such as the Noosphere and Firefly Aerospace, the authorities are beginning to rethink the law. Senior officials from the Ukraine space development organizations have hinted at the possibility of repealing the law to allow people like Max Polyakov to go full flight, to develop test and launch space vehicles on both Ukrainian and foreign soil, just like it happens other countries with superior aerospace technology development sectors. Max Polyakov thinks that Ukraine will bounce back if it breaks from the self-imposed prison of legal restrictions on innovation in aerospace in the private sector.