Table of Contents Overview.................................................................................................................................................... 3
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1.0 | Space Products and Services ................................................................................................ 9 1.0 Introduction.........................................................................................................................10 1.1 How Space Products and Services are Used..................................................................10 1.2 Products and Services About Space................................................................................20 1.3 Emerging Technologies.....................................................................................................21 1.4 How Space Agencies Facilitate Technology Transfer..................................................21 2.0 | The Space Economy.................................................................................................................25 2.0 Introduction.........................................................................................................................26 2.1 Commercial Infrastructure and Support Industries...................................................27 2.2 Commercial Space Products and Services....................................................................31 2.3 Government Space Budgets..............................................................................................37 2.4 Summary of Data................................................................................................................56 2.5 Space Investment Outlook................................................................................................59 2.6 Space Foundation Indexes Overview.............................................................................61
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3.0 | Space Infrastructure..............................................................................................................67 3.0 Introduction.........................................................................................................................68 3.1 Launch Vehicles...................................................................................................................68 3.2 Space Stations.......................................................................................................................80 3.3 Satellites.................................................................................................................................81 3.4 Other Spacecraft, Rovers, and Landers..........................................................................93 3.5 Ground Facilities.................................................................................................................96 3.6 Technology Development...............................................................................................100 4.0 | Workforce and Education....................................................................................................103 4.0 Introduction.......................................................................................................................104 4.1 U.S. Space Workforce.......................................................................................................104 4.2 European Space Workforce.............................................................................................112 4.3 Japanese Space Workforce...............................................................................................113 4.4 Other Space Employment...............................................................................................114 4.5 U.S. Space-Related Education Trends...........................................................................115 4.6 Global Space-Related Education Trends......................................................................119 5.0 | Perspective..............................................................................................................................121 5.0 Introduction.......................................................................................................................122 5.1 Space Policy: Common Topics and Different Approaches......................................122 5.2 Space as a Tool of International Trade and Development........................................129 5.3 Building Space Infrastructure and Achieving Mission Objectives Within Reduced Budgets................................................................................................135 5.4 Spaceports as an Economic Engine...............................................................................141 5.5 Conclusion..........................................................................................................................145 Endnotes.....................................................................................................................................................148 Index of Exhibits.......................................................................................................................................156 Acronym List.............................................................................................................................................158 Certified Space Products........................................................................................................................159 Authors and Contributors......................................................................................................................160 www.TheSpaceReport.org