space economy
Extraterrestrial business sector
The space economy encompasses all commercial and governmental activity related to space—satellite communications, launch services, space tourism, asteroid mining, and the industries supporting them.
As private companies join national agencies in space ventures, the term has gained currency: The space economy is projected to reach a trillion dollars by 2040.
- final frontierLast unexplored territory
- launch vehicleRocket carrying spacecraft upward
- commercial spaceflightPaid travel beyond atmosphere
- rocket launchSpacecraft propelled skyward
- asteroid miningHarvesting materials from celestial bodies
satellite communication · lunar mining · satellite · export controls · Mars colonization · zero gravity · mission control · remote sensing · international collaboration · propulsion system · payload · GPS · broadband internet · weather forecasting · telemedicine · venture capital
space economyagrarian economy
Agriculture-dominated financial structure
industrial economy · subsistence economy · smokestack industries
space, economy, spaces, spaced, spacing, spacious, spaciousness, spatial, spatially