Managing and sustaining long-term global space exploration
- Paper number
IAC-08.E3.2.5
- Author
Prof. Pascale Ehrenfreund, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
- Coauthor
Mr. Nicolas Peter, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), Austria
- Coauthor
Dr. Kai-Uwe Schrogl, European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), Austria
- Coauthor
Dr. John M. Logsdon, Space Policy Institute, George Washington University, United States
- Year
2008
- Abstract
A new era of space exploration has begun that will soon expand into a global endeavor mainly driven by socioeconomic motives. Currently the main space powers and new rising space actors are pursuing individual programs that are cost intensive and that require cutting edge technology development and specialized manpower. In order to achieve highly ambitious goals such as human bases on the Moon, travel to Mars and new infrastructures to study the Earth and the Universe, international space cooperation is required and desirable to reduce costs and align worldwide expertise. The globalization of the space sector is a long-term process that will force countries to look beyond their own interests and see the advantages that a larger program can bring. The participation of innovative space entrepreneurs that complement activities and technology development of current space agencies and large aero-space companies will also contribute to a dynamic process and expansion of space commercialization. The current global space exploration initiative focuses on a shared vision of space exploration on voluntary basis in order to foster synergies. However, to conduct an efficient global space exploration program a shift toward stronger integration of units of the space sector will be necessary. The successful alignment of national and international stakeholders will be crucial to achieve a basis for drawing sufficient resources for space endeavors and to create new political and legal frameworks that define export controls, intellectual proprietary rights and data exploitation. In this paper we provide new concepts for managing global space exploration in the framework of cross-cultural management, an element often neglected in the field.
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