TY - BOOK ID - 8212323 TI - Space 2030 : exploring the future of space applications AU - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. AU - OECD International Futures Programme PY - 2004 SN - 9264020349 9264020322 PB - Paris, France : OECD Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Aerospace industries -- Forecasting. KW - Space industrialization -- Forecasting. KW - Technological forecasting. KW - Twenty-first century -- Forecasts. KW - Technological forecasting KW - Aerospace industries KW - Space industrialization KW - Twenty-first century KW - Business & Economics KW - Industries KW - Forecasting KW - 21st century KW - Commercial endeavors in space KW - Industrial uses of space KW - Industries in space KW - Manufacturing in space KW - Space commercialization KW - Space manufacturing KW - Space stations KW - Technology KW - Industrial applications KW - Third millennium KW - Industrialization KW - Technology transfer KW - Forecasting. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8212323 AB - Since the launch of Sputnik in 1957, media attention has focused almost exclusively on spectacular space missions. However, space actors have also faced their fair share of setbacks: the Columbia tragedy, extravagant cost overruns and painful reductions in public support to space ventures.Over the years, advances in space technologies have led to the development of increasingly sophisticated military and civil space assets. Where is the space sector heading now? What are the obstacles to its further development? What are its future prospects? What are the applications that are likely to be successful in the future? To answer these questions, this report adopted a scenario-based approach to explore the future evolution of major components of the space sector (military space, civil space, commercial space) over the next thirty years. It covers four major factors of change: geopolitical developments, socio-economic developments, energy and the environment, technology. "Outstanding review, especially useful for the three sophisticated scenarios, useful to many futurists." Future Survey, August 2004. ER -