Affordable and sustainable space exploration remains an elusive goal. We explore the competitive advantages of evolving towards independent operators for space transportation in our economy. We consider the pros and cons of evolving business organizations that operate and maintain space transportation system assets independently from flight system manufacturers and from host spaceports. The case is made that a more competitive business climate for creating inherently operable, dependable, and supportable space transportation systems can evolve out of today's traditional vertical business model-a model within which the voice of the operator is often heard, but rarely acted upon during crucial design commitments and critical design processes. Thus new business models may be required, driven less by hardware consumption and more by space system utilization.


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    Title :

    Independent Space Operators: Gaining a Voice in Design for Operability


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SpaceOps 2006 Conference ; 2006 ; Rome, Italy


    Publication date :

    2006-06-19


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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