This paper examines value proposition assumptions for various models nations may use to justify, shape, and guide their space programs. Nations organize major societal investments like space programs to actualize national visions represented by leaders as investments in the public good. The paper defines nine 'vision drivers' that circumscribe the motivations evidently underpinning national space programs. It then describes 19 fundamental space activity objectives (eight extant and eleven prospective) that nations already do or could in the future use to actualize the visions they select. Finally the paper presents four contrasting models of engagement among nations, and compares these models to assess realistic pounds on the pace of human progress in space over the coming decades. The conclusion is that orthogonal engagement, albeit unlikely because it is unprecedented, would yield the most robust and rapid global progress.


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    Title :

    Integrating National Space Visions


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    57th International Astronautical Congress ; 2006 ; Valencia, Spain


    Publication date :

    2006-10-01


    Type of media :

    Preprint


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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