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ISBN:9789264031098
Pages: 102

The Space Economy at a Glance

International Futures Programme

 

Space applications are becoming an increasingly important part of everyday life. Weather forecasting, air traffic control, global communications and broadcasting, disaster management -- these and many other key activities would be almost unthinkable today without satellite technology. The space industry itself is relatively small compared to other manufacturing sectors, but its technological dynamism and strategic significance mean that it plays an ever more critical role in modern society. Paradoxically, it also figures among the sectors which are the least developed in terms of robust, internationally comparable statistics and data.

This book attempts to rectify that situation by assembling information from a wide range of official and non-offical sources. The book paints a richly detailed picture of the space industry, its downstream service activities, and its wider economic and social impacts. Which are the main space-faring nations? How large are revenues and how much employment is there in the sector? How much R&D goes on, and where? What is the value of spin-offs from space spending? Answers to these are other questions are provided in this first-ever OECD statistical overview of the emerging space economy.

 

A dynamic link (StatLink) is provided for graphs, which directs the user to a web page where the corresponding data are available in Excel format. 

Table of contents

Introduction
Defining the Space Economy
Data Sources
Structure of The Space Economy at a Glance
1. Overview of the Aerospace Sector
1.1. Size and Growth of the Aerospace Sector - Production
1.2. Size and Growth of the Aerospace Sector - Value Added
1.3. Aerospace Industry Research and Development
2. Readiness: Inputs into the Space Economy
2.1. Budgets for Space Activities
2.1.1. Public Institutional Space Budgets
2.1.2. Public Space R&D Budgets
2.2. Capital Stocks of Space Assets
2.3. Human Capital
3. Intensity: Outputs from the Space Economy
3.1. Revenues from the Space Industry
3.2. Space-Related Activities
3.3. International Trade in Space Products
3.4. Space Patents
3.5. Space Launch Activity
3.6. Space Exploration-Related Activities
4. Impacts of Space Activities
4.1. Categories of Impacts
4.2. Commercial Revenue Multiplier Effect for Non-Space Sectors
4.3. Impact on Key Societal Challenges (environment, natural disasters)
4.4. Impact of Space Programmes on Space Firms
5. Spotlights on Space Activities of Selected Countries
5.1. United States
5.2. France
5.3. Italy
5.4. United Kingdom
5.5. Canada
5.6. Norway
Annex A. The OECD Global Forum on Space Economics
Annex B. Case Study: Space Technologies and Water Resources Management
Annex C. General Methodological Notes
Annex D. Space Related Statistics from OECD Sources

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