Roadmaps and Strategies for National Space Sector Capacity Building

摘要

The global space industry continues to grow robustly, 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.