A solar system-wide economy

Earth-based technologies still hold much promise, but space remains the Final Frontier, with virtually unlimited energy, resources, and potential. Emerging Futures has worked with federal, state, and local government agencies, nonprofits, academic institutions, and commercial companies to explore promising markets and technologies for both Earth and space. Let’s grow our economy both on- and off-planet while preserving Earth's ecosystems for future generations.

"Caelus certe patet, ibimus illi" — Ovid

(Surely the sky lies open, let us go that way!)

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About

Emerging Futures, LLC was founded in 2016 as a research and analysis consultancy by Dr. Jeff Greenblatt, a renowned scientist and technology expert at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. It relocated to the Pacific Northwest in 2020, where it operates virtually and collaborates with team members across the US and internationally. Dr. Greenblatt continues to publish on a wide variety of subjects, and is a founding member of Above: Space Development Corporation, building next-generation automated spacecraft for research, demonstration, and technology validation.

Emerging Futures' experience and interests lie in the following areas:

Climate change
Clean electricity
Renewable fuels
Energy efficiency
Transportation
Information technology
Synthetic biology
Economics
Space infrastructure
Space resource utilization
Space habitation and settlement

Whether you are a start-up company, a small nonprofit, an academic research institution, or a large government agency, we can help achieve your mission by supporting you in multiple ways, including: