Paper Session II-A - Space Commerce - Market Driven Opportunities for Future Space Commercialization
Location
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Salon I
Start Date
2-5-2001 2:00 PM
Description
As we head into the 21st century, there has been a significant, on-going paradigm shift occuring in the space industry. The once secretive and often adversarial Cold-War relationships that have turned into Post Cold-War cooperation and partnerships have paved the way for market driven opportunities in Space Commerce. The space industry is slowly shifting away from governmental domination, fueled by Cold-War politics and national security fears, to one of open commercial markets most notably in the areas of launch services as well as telecommunications and navigation satellites. In addition, futuristic commercialization opportunities are possible in remote sensing, microgravity research, vacuum based material processing, space derived energy, and space tourism. This paper will focus on current hardware development programs, the commercial trends and future outlook in each of these areas. Private companies are exploiting these various markets by relying less on the government and more on competitive business models supported by market demand or partnerships to share cost, technology and risk.
Paper Session II-A - Space Commerce - Market Driven Opportunities for Future Space Commercialization
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Salon I
As we head into the 21st century, there has been a significant, on-going paradigm shift occuring in the space industry. The once secretive and often adversarial Cold-War relationships that have turned into Post Cold-War cooperation and partnerships have paved the way for market driven opportunities in Space Commerce. The space industry is slowly shifting away from governmental domination, fueled by Cold-War politics and national security fears, to one of open commercial markets most notably in the areas of launch services as well as telecommunications and navigation satellites. In addition, futuristic commercialization opportunities are possible in remote sensing, microgravity research, vacuum based material processing, space derived energy, and space tourism. This paper will focus on current hardware development programs, the commercial trends and future outlook in each of these areas. Private companies are exploiting these various markets by relying less on the government and more on competitive business models supported by market demand or partnerships to share cost, technology and risk.
Comments
Session Chair: Brewster Shaw, Vice President/General Manager, Boeing International Space Systems
Session Organizer: Connie McFadden, The Boeing Co.