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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1. Cleaning up space is edging closer to commercial viability
1.2. NASA is outsourcing to save costs but grandee missions will remain preserve of space agency
1.3. Age of space tourism is finally dawning as rival companies approach commercial operations
1.4. Space industries of the future are developing, but still limited by economics

2. CLEANING UP SPACE IS EDGING CLOSER TO COMMERCIAL VIABILITY
2.1. Now testing in space is taking place, a commercially viable future looms
2.2. e.Deorbit problems exposes difficulties in creating marketplace for cleaning of space
2.3. Scale of space debris problem is worsening, creating a greater need for commercial solutions
2.4. Private companies are attracting funding in race to make space cleanup viable
2.4.1. Government involvement incited by fear of ?Kessler’ effect will help develop companies
2.4.2. Changes to insurance would help develop space cleanup industry

3. NASA IS OUTSOURCING TO SAVE COSTS BUT GRANDEE MISSIONS WILL REMAIN PRESERVE OF SPACE AGENCY
3.1. Political pressure to cut costs has driven development of private sector
3.2. Private sector involvement is now extending to spacecraft as NASA returns to the Moon
3.3. NASA outsourcing slows when limits of technological capacity are pushed outward

4. AGE OF SPACE TOURISM IS FINALLY DAWNING AS RIVAL COMPANIES APPROACH COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
4.1. Governments are becoming more involved in creation of space tourism
4.2. Low-earth orbit space flight companies are getting very close to commercial operations
4.2.1. Need for a perfect safety record and long-term funding means more delays could yet occur
4.3. Creation of space tourist space station is drawing closer as technology develops
4.4. Space tourism is now extending to the Moon but pushing extremes incites viability doubts for now

5. SPACE INDUSTRIES OF THE FUTURE ARE DEVELOPING, BUT STILL LIMITED BY ECONOMICS
5.1. Private rocket companies need reliable space industries to supply
5.2. Commercial Space stations are likely, but the right business case needs to emerge
5.2.1. NASA allows commercial access to the ISS, part of a defunding plan
5.3. Space Mining is a completely implausible suggestion at present and may be decades away, if at all
5.4. Robotics for space settlements and engineering projects do have a future
5.5. Mars or moon base absolutely essential to kick start commercial space industry

6. APPENDIX
6.1. Sources
6.2. Further reading

7. ASK THE ANALYST

8. ABOUT MARKETLINE



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Figure 1: Map of satellites in orbit around Earth
Figure 2: Artist’s rendition of the deployed EnviSat spacecraft
Figure 3: Nobu Okada
Figure 4: Astroscale
Figure 5: Artist’s impression of a cubesat
Figure 6: Space Shuttle
Figure 7: Orion MPCV
Figure 8: Jim Bridenstine
Figure 9: Artists impression of manned Mars landing
Figure 10: International Space Station
Figure 11: Virgin Galactic
Figure 12: Bigelow Aerospace B330 Space station
Figure 13: Yusaku Maezawa
Figure 14: Bigelow module attached to ISS
Figure 15: Planetary Resources long term mission
Figure 16: NASA’s Valkyrie Robot

 

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