For civilized space to gain economic momentum, to finally stand on its own, several commercial elements need to come together. Considered separately these economic sectors appear vulnerable to independent market pressures. Taken together these threads make a fragile fabric of mutual interdependency. In this integrated model robotics and automation facilitate construction and engineering which supports mining and refining raw materials harvested from asteroids. Brokers and agents find markets for materials and arrange for transportation to producers. Transportation connects the output of asteroid mines to manufacturers in space of industrial machinery, heavy equipment, technology, transport vehicles, and habitats. Humans who are either working in space or living on Earth are nourished by food produced by self-sustaining space farms. Space inhabitants support the various industrial sectors with their technical and managerial skills. In this interconnected value chain are the new opportunities for enterprises that fill the gaps in emerging commercial space economy.


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    Titel :

    Space Manufacturing


    Beteiligte:
    Gregg, Jack (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    The Cosmos Economy ; Kapitel : 18 ; 153-158


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2021-05-18


    Format / Umfang :

    6 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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