Expanding the OCmmercial Space Arena: the Western pacific Rim States as Competitios-markets

摘要

Space commerce over the past decade has become a field in transition as comsat markets exponentially expand with prospect for further growth in other areas also very positive. As part of this change process, new competitors are stepping forward. The Russian Federation successor state to the former soviet union's space proram represents one facet ofthat new challenge. ITs competitiveness grows directly from its historic status as one of the two first space ppowers. A more intriguing situation is developingin the western Pacific Rim states, there space-related activities span the spectrum from fairly comprehensive space programs to states just emerging into the space applications arean. This paper explores these changes and idscusses their iplications for hte united states commercial space effort.