Space
The global space industry is opening new markets and transforming our economy. Valued at nearly $450 billion and growing, the space industry is driving exhilarating technological progress that is helping advance many other industries, such as telecommunications, defense, bioscience, manufacturing, and energy exploration.
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The world's foremost aviation and space experts, including CEOs and policymakers, will gather at the 2024 Global Aerospace Summit on Sept. 10-11 in Washington, D.C. The event is an opportunity to learn, network, and explore, with engaging discussions, exhibits, and state-of-the-art aircraft prototypes.
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Key themes included public-private partnerships, commercial economy and habitation in space, and national security.
Highlights: Global Aerospace Summit 2023
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Every day, more businesses are considering the commercial potential of space. The U.S. Chamber is working closely with government and industry leaders to turn potential into a reality. We are advancing public-private collaboration needed to support space exploration and commercial and private aerospace travel as well as to create guidelines for managing traffic and commerce. We are also helping government leaders shape smart regulations to drive innovation and growth in this emerging sector so people, businesses, industries, and economies everywhere can benefit from the limitless possibilities of space.
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The collective goal must be the safe and efficient operation of platforms across all users.
Over the decades of human space travel, thousands of objects are now in orbit above the earth. They include working satellites and the International Space Station, but they also include old, out-of-commission satellites, used rocket components, and even a wrench and toothbrush.
The April 2019 Defense and Aerospace Export Council newsletter.
The U.S. must continue to lead, develop, and deploy space systems at increasing rates of innovation and efficiency.
Despite the chasm across parties and branches of government, this is one area of shared purpose and worthy of progress.
If it's true that businesses benefit from certainty, then U.S. space companies that rely on the federal government have a big problem.
This letter serves as a recommendation with respect to economic modeling to better inform the decision process specific to significant military sales to allies and friends globally.
Over the next thirty years, internet access via satellite is predicted to account for up to 70% of the space economy.
The space economy will increase from approximately $385 billion today to at least $1.5 trillion by 2040.