Space Economy
The New Frontier for Development
Simonetta Di Pippo
- According
- to
- the
- OECD
- definition,
- the
- space
- economy
- is
- the
- full
- range
- of
- activities
- that
- create
- value
- to
- human
- beings
- through
- exploring,
- researching,
- understanding,
- managing,
- and
- utilizing
- space.
- It
- includes
- all
- actors
- engaged
- in
- developing,
- providing
- and
- using
- space-related
- products
- and
- services:
- research
- and
- development,
- space
- infrastructure,
- space-derived
- applications,
- as
- well
- as
- the
- resulting
- scientific
- knowledge.
- The
- space
- economy
- thus
- goes
- far
- beyond
- the
- space
- sector
- in
- the
- narrow
- sense
- to
- encompass
- many
- others:
- think
- of
- agriculture,
- environmental
- protection,
- natural
- resource
- management
- and
- transportation,
- to
- name
- a
- few.
- The
- space
- economy
- is
- now
- worth
- $469
- billion
- globally,
- with
- double-digit
- percentage
- growth
- forecast
- for
- the
- coming
- decades.
- Most
- importantly,
- it
- will
- provide
- opportunities
- for
- less
- developed
- countries,
- contributing
- to
- the
- achievement
- of
- sustainable
- development
- goals.
- From
- these
- considerations
- begins
- the
- fascinating
- journey
- that
- fills
- the
- pages
- of
- this
- book:
- space
- exploration
- and
- tourism,
- extra-terrestrial
- communications,
- asteroid
- economics,
- Made
- in
- Space
- products,
- but
- also
- space
- debris
- jamming
- the
- traffic
- of
- increasingly
- congested
- orbits.
- The
- future
- is
- indeed
- just
- around
- the
- corner;
- all
- we
- have
- to
- do
- is
- to
- equip
- ourselves
- with
- all
- the
- necessary
- knowledge
- to
- face it.
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