This paper argues that the vastly different volume of traffic for spaceports and airports/seaports makes business models for the latter unsuitable for guiding spaceport development. Instead it argues that commercial spaceports must be instead viewed as multi-purpose industrial facilities. It then proposes a new model of a spaceport as ah engine for regional economic growth by attracting multiple industries to the facility.
Spaceports as Multi-Use Industrial Facilities: A Marketing Approach to Spaceports Development
Eighth International Conference on Engineering, Construction, Operation, and Business In Space; Fifth International Conference and Exposition and Demonstration on Robotics for Challenging Situations and Environments ; 2002 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Space 2002 and Robotics 2002 ; 489-494
2002-06-07
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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