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Enabling a Multi-National Commercial Destination in Space: The Port

Abstract

View Video Presentation: https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-2465.vid
Current projections show the promise of potentially Trillions of $USD in new revenue generation opportunities in space. Morgan Stanley initially proposed that the space sector, worth about $350 billion in 2016, will grow into an economy worth more than $1.1 trillion by2040. As the cost of space access has plummeted, Bank of America joined Morgan Stanley among Wall Street investment banks with analysis of the industry. BofAML’s outlook is nearly triple Morgan Stanley’s expectation at a whopping $2.7 Trillion by 2040. A recent article and analysis on Forbes states that the space industry is poised to realize $4 trillion in value and arising community of over 10,000 companies worldwide. In order to realize this proposed revenue, these burgeoning promised markets require completely new thinking in business, technology and customer definition, with …

Date
September 22, 2025
Authors
David Barnhart, Dan Lopez, Rahul Rughani, Mbuyi Khuzadi, Thomas A Schervan, Joerg Kreisel, Jeremy Allam, Mark Lorden, Bill Crandall, Max Arshavsky
Book
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum
Pages
2465