# Texas Independence Day ## Definition March 2 commemorates Texas independence. The article notes the coincidence of this calendar date with Blue Ghost's 2025 landing. ## Regional role Launch, landing, and mobility form a distinct space-capability branch. Firefly’s Blue Ghost mission supplies a demonstrated lunar landing, while the broader industrial portfolio supplies transport and logistics possibilities. This branch belongs beside satellite communications and reconnaissance in the regional stack, with its own products, mission requirements, and customers. ## Relationships - **technical or institutional context:** [[wiki/Blue Ghost|Blue Ghost]]. - **technical or institutional context:** [[wiki/Commercial Lunar Landing|Commercial Lunar Landing]]. - **regional master router:** [[wiki/Austin Defense Technology|Austin Defense Technology]]. - **source article:** [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter|How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter]]. - **civilian supplier and participation economy:** [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]]. - **intelligence architecture:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [[articles/How Austin Became a Different Kind of Defense Tech Epicenter#The Arsenal at the Edge|Austin defense-tech article — The Arsenal at the Edge]] — October 2026 revision; source for this entry’s regional role. - [Texas Standard, Texas-Based Firefly Aerospace Plans to Go Public](https://texasstandard.org/stories/firefly-aerospace-ipo/)