Location
Holiday Inn, Manatee Room
Start Date
25-4-1990 2:00 PM
End Date
25-4-1990 5:00 PM
Description
Traditionally, space technology has been developed and used primarily to meet the needs of civil and military government initiatives. In the future, it will be increasingly featured in two emerging trends: new space enterprises and the national drive to achieve a more competitive global economic position. To realize this potential, private sector initiatives and investment must adapt space technology and access to space to economically attractive, competitive ventures.
While commercial development of space must be carried out in the private sector, it is clear that the Government has an important enabling role. NASA has established the Commercial Programs Advisory Committee (CPAC), to advise ftlASA on this and other aspects of the commercial development of space. CPAC, which is a standing committee of the NASA Advisory Council, is comprised of senior private sector executives and their university counterparts.
The results of the first year of CPAC's work has been published in the report "Charting the Course: U.S. Space Enterprise and Space Industrial Competitiveness." This paper summarizes the CPAC report and examines promising space business sectors. Additionally, NASA's initiatives which are supportive of commercial space are reviewed. Finally, an up-to-date look at the role of international cooperation in a highly competitive world is offered.
Paper Session II-C - Commercial Space Initiatives
Holiday Inn, Manatee Room
Traditionally, space technology has been developed and used primarily to meet the needs of civil and military government initiatives. In the future, it will be increasingly featured in two emerging trends: new space enterprises and the national drive to achieve a more competitive global economic position. To realize this potential, private sector initiatives and investment must adapt space technology and access to space to economically attractive, competitive ventures.
While commercial development of space must be carried out in the private sector, it is clear that the Government has an important enabling role. NASA has established the Commercial Programs Advisory Committee (CPAC), to advise ftlASA on this and other aspects of the commercial development of space. CPAC, which is a standing committee of the NASA Advisory Council, is comprised of senior private sector executives and their university counterparts.
The results of the first year of CPAC's work has been published in the report "Charting the Course: U.S. Space Enterprise and Space Industrial Competitiveness." This paper summarizes the CPAC report and examines promising space business sectors. Additionally, NASA's initiatives which are supportive of commercial space are reviewed. Finally, an up-to-date look at the role of international cooperation in a highly competitive world is offered.
Comments
Commercial Initiatives
Session Chairman: Steven L. Morgan, Director of Space Industry Development, Virginia Center for Innovative Technology, Herndon, VA
Session Organizer: Bob Mellor, Lockheed Space Operations, FL