1998, Kluwer Academic Publishers
ISBN 978-0792350279

Papers from the symposium of the same title. This book presents a diverse group of technical and non-technical ideas on space applications that would be of interest to persons engaged in the market place of space activities.

Technology is helping increase the private sector's interest in space applications in both the developed and developing worlds. This interdisciplinary symposium explored the role service and technological industries may play in bringing space into the realm of general economic activity, both locally and globally.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Strategic Issues: National Perspectives (European and American)
2. Strategic Issues: National Perspectives (Developing Countires)
3. Strategic Issues: Global Perspectives
4. Strategic Issues: Business Perspectives of Space Opportunities
5. Teleservices
6. Markets for 2020?
7. Earth Observations: Market or Public Service?
8. Technological Issues
9. Poster Session
10. Conclusion: The Way Forward