23 March 2022

太空经济商业化——我们什么时候发射?

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“新空间”的好处和风险, where the commercialisation of the space economy has led to a more affordable and accessible space industry. 但是监管呢??

‘New Space’, the commercialisation of the space economy with the advent of private companies, 行业的民主化是否允许比以往任何时候都更大的创新, but there is still an important role to play for nation states when it comes to funding and regulation.

Helen Sharman博士的零压力播客最近的两位嘉宾如是说, a series of informal conversations with people on the cutting edge of science and technology, 由伦敦帝国理工学院和十大正规博彩网站排名公司支持.

Helen, 谁在1991年成为英国第一位宇航员, 采访《十大正规博彩网站排名》中的两位著名演员, who are convinced of the benefits of the space industry’s commercialisation: Professor Andy Koronios, 智能卫星合作研究中心首席执行官兼总经理, which is helping to boost Australia’s presence in the space industry; and, Pekka Laurila, Iceye的联合创始人兼首席战略官, a Finland-based microsatellite manufacturer that launched the world’s first Satellite Aperture Radar.

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新空间的好处

“新空间让每个人都能参与进来. 它使太空民主化. That has led to unbridled innovation for space products for the benefit of humankind,Koronios教授说, 引用车载卫星导航, 更准确的天气预报和灾害管理, mobile phone cameras and even powdered foods as innovations that have come from humankind’s embrace of space technology.

For Pekka Laurila, “新空间”是关于“……创新的步伐越来越快”, 航天工业的成本效益和可持续性.”

The main enablers of this new accessibility have been the huge advances in computational technology. “The miniaturisation of electronics and increasing computational and storage power of computers” have made it possible to lift reasonably inexpensive satellites into space, 科洛尼奥斯教授说. Indeed, the professor points out the simply staggering fact that there’s more computational power in our smart phones today than there was available for the Apollo 11 Moon Landing in 1969.

Pekka Laurila adds that these technological advances have enabled the “economies of scale” that continue to allow new players to enter a space market that is fast becoming ‘colonised’ by private industry; so much so that in the US Elon Musk and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos have become the driving forces in space exploration.

据估计，在十多年的时间里, 小型卫星的成本可能低至2美元,在一个预计价值1美元的行业中，每公斤可生产1000美元.4 trillion, it’s clear that the days of the traditional space industry are behind us.

Both experts expect this trend to continue as the market becomes more mature and businesses sustain themselves through the rising demand for satellite technology for communications, 分析甚至金融技术. 成熟的技术和环境风险管理也会带来信用, payment and insurance processes easier and cheaper which will lead to a more resilient New Space business.

新太空的风险，以及为什么国家仍然有作用

Though Professor Koronios and Pekka Laurila share an optimistic viewpoint of the benefits of New Space, 两家公司也都意识到了风险. In particular, the same sorts of cybersecurity issues we see with terrestrial communications are possible in space technology, especially if the current friendly and collaborative nature of the industry gives way to rogue actors.

“虽然这还不是一个大问题, 我们确实看到那里有越来越多的卫星, 我们开始看到和地球上一样的威胁,” says Andy Koronios, Pekka Laurila补充道, “你必须在某种程度上担心”, though he believes the best security practices we see on Earth will also apply here.

Ultimately, Andy and Pekka agree that nations will still have an important role to play in the New Space economy: the former’s Cooperative Research Centre has benefited from Australian Federal Government funding and state-level support, 以及Iceye的大部分R键&D得到了芬兰政府和欧洲联盟的支持. Both believe that countries will also be important customers for private entities as the industry develops.

And, Koronios教授补充道, the many thousands of satellites that will head heavenward will need regulating, 只有国家和跨国组织才能做到的事情.

“当道路上的汽车激增时，我们需要交通规则. 否则就是混乱. 现在的垃圾和空间的其他用途也是如此,” he says, 他补充说，这需要“监管”, 为所有人谋福利的条约和谅解”.