Roadmaps and Strategies for Space Sector National Capacity Building
- Paper number
IAC-17,E6,3,4,x37081
- Author
Mr. Tom Morten Berge, International Space University (ISU), Norway
- Coauthor
Ms. Amy Capener, Kings College London, Ireland
- Coauthor
Mr. Miles Bengtson, International Space University (ISU), United States
- Coauthor
Ms. Hadas Nevenzal, Israel
- Coauthor
Dr. István Sárhegyi, International Space University (ISU), Hungary
- Year
2017
- Abstract
The global space industry continues to robustly grow, with highly involved countries seeing sustained support and economic benefit that has endured global financial challenges and political shifts. Other locations with strong high technology economies, especially in science and engineering, are eager to engage their enterprises and gain market traction in part of the global space economy. Without an existing, comprehensive space industry presence, it is hard to understand where the opportunities and challenges will be found. Space has thrived as a governmental activity, or in situations where the market is somewhat artificial. As purely commercial activities, space technology development, applications and exploration are taking their very first steps. Diverse businesses have been enabled or extended through connecting their activities to some part of the space industry value chain, and diverse businesses have failed attempting the same trick. This paper discusses the outcomes of an intensive study project conducted by the International Space University hosted at the Cork Institute of Technology in Ireland, examining how strategic roadmaps are developed, in which conditions they can prove to be useful, and how they can be used to build capacity and activity in the space sector. Patterns of successful initiatives, policy ideas, and stimuli will be presented.
- Abstract document
- Manuscript document
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