Location
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Martinique Room
Start Date
27-4-1999 2:00 PM
Description
The Space Operations profession has been expanding, for the past 4 decades at nearly the same scale, proportionally, as space itself.
Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek1 captured the imagination and interest of several generations; many hoping to someday get a chance to work in some space related field. In 1975, a NASA study reported the proposed construction and operation of a US$200 Billion dollar, Earth-orbiting, commercial space station with 10,000 inhabitants who’s sole job would be to manufacture and operate solar-power satellites supplying Earth with energy -- generating enough revenue to pay for it’s construction and continuing operation in about 30 years2.
Seeing space portrayed as a routine work environment for a world of earth citizens seemed like far fetched science fiction for decades. In 1991, space was already generating US$11.5 Billion dollars in revenue; in 1996 that jumped to US$26.7 Billion; by 2001 it will have more than doubled to US$57.5 Billion3.
Paper Session I-C - Space Operations Management Training: Educating the Future Space Workforce for 2000 and Beyond
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Martinique Room
The Space Operations profession has been expanding, for the past 4 decades at nearly the same scale, proportionally, as space itself.
Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek1 captured the imagination and interest of several generations; many hoping to someday get a chance to work in some space related field. In 1975, a NASA study reported the proposed construction and operation of a US$200 Billion dollar, Earth-orbiting, commercial space station with 10,000 inhabitants who’s sole job would be to manufacture and operate solar-power satellites supplying Earth with energy -- generating enough revenue to pay for it’s construction and continuing operation in about 30 years2.
Seeing space portrayed as a routine work environment for a world of earth citizens seemed like far fetched science fiction for decades. In 1991, space was already generating US$11.5 Billion dollars in revenue; in 1996 that jumped to US$26.7 Billion; by 2001 it will have more than doubled to US$57.5 Billion3.
