Emerging Space Markets (eBook)

Dr. Tkatchova is a project manager for a Belgian space company and previously worked as a project manager on long-term research innovation for the European Commission. She also worked at the European Space Agency (ESA) on  payload commercialization and industrialization for the International Space Station. In 2006 she was awarded a PhD by the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of  the Technical University of Delft (The Netherlands) and she holds a Master of Science degree from the International Space University (ISU).   She is the founder of the International Journal of Space Technology and Management (IJSTMI), an author of several articles on the commercialization of space technology and the book ‘Space-based Technologies and Commercialized Development’. Her work and research experience give her a unique insight in the financial and management issues that impact the future of commercial space markets and NewSpace companies.

Preface 7
Commercial Space Activities 7
Background 9
Conclusions 12
Acknowledgements 14
About the Book 15
Contents 16
About the Author 19
Chapter 1: Space Agencies Commercial Space Transportation Programmes 20
1.1 Introduction 20
1.2 Background 20
1.3 Demand for Commercial Cargo and Crew Launch Services 23
1.4 Demand for Sub-orbital Launch Services 24
1.5 NASA Commercial Space Transportation Programmes 26
1.6 Worldwide Space Act Agreements 27
1.7 NASA COTS 28
1.8 NASA CCDev 29
1.9 NASA CCP 31
1.10 NASA Flight Opportunities Programme 32
1.11 Collaboration for Commercial Space Capabilities 34
1.12 NASA Commercial Data Relay Satellites 35
1.13 Economic Impacts 36
1.13.1 Market Structures 36
1.13.2 Economic Benefits 36
1.14 Conclusions 38
Chapter 2: Commercial Space Markets and Stakeholders 40
2.1 Introduction 40
2.2 Background 40
2.3 Market Segmentation Challenges 43
2.4 Commercial Space Market Overview 44
2.5 Criteria for Classifying Future NewSpace Markets 47
2.6 Description of Commercial Space Markets 49
2.7 NewSpace Industry Stakeholders 52
2.8 Conclusions 52
Chapter 3: Commercialization Lessons 54
3.1 Introduction 54
3.2 Background 54
3.3 Space Shuttle Commercialization 55
3.4 Space Station Commercialization Lessons 57
3.4.1 Industrial Space Facility 57
3.4.2 MIR Space Station 59
3.4.3 ISS Station Commercialization 63
3.5 Conclusions 65
Chapter 4: Interplanetary Settlement and In Situ Exploration 67
4.1 Introduction 67
4.2 Stakeholders 68
4.3 Interplanetary Settlement 69
4.4 In Situ and Planetary Resource Exploitation 71
4.5 Lunar Exploration 73
4.5.1 Moon Village 76
4.5.2 NASA Lunar Catalyst Programme 80
4.5.3 NASA NextStep Programme 81
4.6 Targeted Markets 81
4.6.1 Lunar Mining 82
4.6.2 Lunar 3D Printing 83
4.6.3 Mining Asteroids 84
4.6.3.1 Planetary Resources 85
4.6.3.2 Deep Space Industries 86
4.7 Mars Exploration 87
4.7.1 Mars One Concept 88
4.8 Challenges 89
4.9 Conclusions 89
Chapter 5: Commercial Space Station Activities 91
5.1 Introduction 91
5.2 Stakeholders 93
5.3 Lessons Learnt from Space Station Commercialization 96
5.4 Targeted Markets 98
5.5 Market-Driven Trends 103
5.5.1 USA 103
5.5.1.1 Bigelow 103
5.5.1.2 SpaceX 104
5.5.1.3 Axiom 106
5.5.1.4 NanoRacks 106
5.5.2 Europe 108
5.6 Conclusions 108
Chapter 6: Space Debris Mitigation 110
6.1 Introduction 110
6.2 Stakeholders 114
6.3 Space Debris and Aviation Safety 115
6.4 ESA Space Debris Programmes 116
6.5 JAXA Studies 117
6.6 Targeted Markets and Services 118
6.7 In-Orbit Satellite Servicing 119
6.8 Conclusions 121
Chapter 7: Sub-orbital Markets 123
7.1 Introduction 123
7.2 Stakeholders 123
7.3 Sub-orbital Reusable Vehicle Lessons 126
7.4 Targeted Sub-orbital Markets 128
7.4.1 Space Tourism 130
7.4.2 RandD Payloads 131
7.5 Conclusions 133
Chapter 8: Spaceports 135
8.1 Introduction 135
8.2 Stakeholders 135
8.3 Targeted Markets/Services 138
8.3.1 USA 139
8.3.2 Europe 141
8.4 Conclusions 141
References 142
Index 147