Innovation Trends in the Space Industry

Ever since their inception, space activities have been innovative, but not driven by commercial considerations – that is, until the end of the Cold War, when the commercialization of space escalated. As a result, the direction of the innovation changed in order to leverage new business opportunities, which reached a turning point in the 2010s.

This book discusses the developmental trends of the world space sector in detail, by analyzing their long-term evolution, and studying why this innov...