Johnny Ch Lok
Published: 2020-07-10
Total Pages: 470
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A recent report from the Futron Corporation (2009) addresses strategic private questions about space power and competitiveness: -What are the core measure of space competition?- Is space nationalism on the rise, and if so, what are the implications?-What are the implications of multi-polar space community?-What are the economic consequences of a commercial space environment based on multiple international providers of key technologies, systems and services?Hertzfeld (2007) has described how space power can be viewed from a commercial perspective in two ways. ''The first is economic: Encouragement of USA space ventures to be dominant in the world marketplace, either through the creation of a monopoly by market dominance. The second is aggressively denying others access or interfering with the operations of foreign space assets. '' Thus, it is possible that space exploration can stimulate the economy via job creation and the possibility of products entering future potential economic aspect of two civilian application of space technologies: communications and meteorology. Another author's opinion, Taraseko (1996) has classified ''Russian space systems according to the missions performed. These systems can be sub-divided into space weapons, space surveillance and intelligence systems, support systems and scientific systems .'' He implied Russian will concentrate on manufacturing space weapons, then it will also sell space weapons to global finally. I think space exploration will have military and civil two aspects, instead of space tourism. Thus, on space system military aspect, it includes space weapons, space to Earth anti- satellite, early warning. Beside, on space system civil aspect, it includes support and applied communications, navigation, mapping, meteorological remote sensing and scientific research. It implies 'Globalization' will be cooperated by different main space leaders who will be carrying on space exploration activities in the future.