Statistics – Applications
Scientific paper
Jan 1999
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Space technology and applications international forum -1999. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 458, pp. 382-387 (1999).
Statistics
Applications
Spaceborne And Space Research Instruments, Apparatus, And Components
Scientific paper
Accepting the projections of the analysts the currently visible development in the space industry could be extrapolated to a picture where it represents the leading sector of the 21st century. An industry sector is defined a leading sector, if it plays a leading role in the industrial development of a country for a certain time. Two essential prerequisites are defined for a leading sector. First, the origin of its growth is due to an autonomous stimulus; i.e. its growth is not a response to processes in other sectors. Second, it exerts a significant influence on a country's economic growth through contributions caused by itself and by linkages or spreading effects to other sectors as well as to society. It is analyzed then, whether the essentials, boundary conditions and proof for a leading sector are identifiable for the space industry. Though there is a certain overlap between the current situation of the space sector and the concept of a leading sector, the so far available data definitely do not support this thesis. In view of this development of the space industry the main role of the International Space Station is not to be found in the economic sector but in its impact on human culture. Its internationally human-tended operation, its accessibility and possible utilization for everybody makes the ISS more tangible and understandable than any other space system.
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