Defining a Business Case for Commercial Space
- Paper number
IAC-10.E6.2.4
- Author
Mr. Kevin Miller, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., United States
- Year
2010
- Abstract
The era of successful commercialization of space is highly anticipated, and spacefaring nations have seen false starts on numerous occasions over the history of space exploration. While specific facets of space business have been successfully commercialized, the combination of high risk and seemingly prohibitive cost of entry have severely limited many attempts at commercialization. This paper seeks to define the objectives of space commercialization, recounts the history and characteristics of some key successful and failed commercialization efforts, poses critical considerations for successful space commercialization, and most particularly, describes methodology and approaches to establishing a business case for commercialization.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
IAC-10.E6.2.4.pdf (🔒 authorized access only).
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