SPACE PRESENTATION (EAP)

battle of the SPace commerce: state and private dynamics

BY LIN LATT MYINT MO ( CAROLINE ) aICM-114382 DATE-30/11/2023

Overview

1. SUMMARY OF THE LECTURE

2. RESPONSE TO THE PROMPT

3. COMPARISON OF LECTURE VS THE PODCASTS

4. Q & A

contents

1. SUMMARY

2. RESPONSE

1. Chinese Lunar Exploration

1. Funding for research

2. Achievements of Space Race

2. Applications of materials on space and aestroids mining

3. Countries with Space Organizations and their Budgets for 2020

4.The Global Space Station

3.Law

5. The Satellite Launching

6.Satellite and it's practical uses

Summary of the Lecture

1.Chinese Lunar exploration

• 2 accomplished moon missions by China -(Jan of 2019,Nov of 2020)
• 1st to collect rock and soil samples from the young area of the moon

• 2 missions china completed landing, orbit and return
• Space administration’s future plan: explore further & build space international (approx. 2022)

2.Achievements of space race

• Space exploration first funded by government
• USA (won) vs USSR (lost)
• Developments-> NASA
• 1958, USA launched NASA with 89 million dollars ( 0.1% national budget )
• 2021, 25.2 billion dollars were funded again ( 0. 5% of national budget )

3.Countries with Space Organizations and their Budgets for 2020

• India - satellites , telecommunications and earth communications
• Japan - satellites, astronomy, earth observations and interplanetary missions

• EU - satellites ,interplanetary mission, deep space missions and Hubble space telescope
• Russian programme- major role in man space operation
• By Russia:
• 2011 ( crew transport to and from ISS )
• 2021 ( first paying fee customers to ISS )

4.THe global space station

• Partnership of US, Russia, Japan, EU and Canada
• 1st long term research : effect of space on human health
• Funding by private companies increased
• Commercial research + development on space station

5.The satellite launching

• Long term + costly projects -> government fundings are preferred but can be threatened by public + political ( resulted in US after the space race has won )
• No profit gained -> no investors
• Decrease interest -> after Apollo 17 moon mission cancelled
• If funding from government cancelled : time, money and expertise -> wasted
• Competing national agendas -> duplication of effort but no resources slows space technology to move forward
• To support commercialisation of space and economy in space -> a change from government to private funding is needed

6.Satellite and its's practical uses

• Successful developments : imaging and telecommunications
• Mass production for satellite production of CubeSat (broadband internet)
• Growth of satellite -> view and map the world
• For farmers : monitor the effects of irrigation by imaginary of soil + leaf colour

• For fishing boats -> can guide to fish docks by the colour of ocean surface

7.analogies between space exploration & the opening of earthly frontiers

• 3 Frontiers :
• 1) Lowering cost of transportation
• 2) For government -> build infrastructure , efficient transport and movement of people & commercial goods
• 3) In space -> refuelling depots, lunar facilities to resupply water and shuttles to travel lunar surface

Response (podcasts vs lecture)

Consider the extent to which activity in space should be privatised or whether it should be largely remained in the hands of government

PROMPT

1.Funding for research

Lecture vs Podcasts

• government funding is influencial by outside factors,have limited budget -> used for long term reasearch
• it can get cancelled -> waste time,money and expertises
• long term,costly projects -> government funding
• government can cease the funding

• government projects can be cancelled without evident reasons
• private businesses don't fund for manned missions so no income of profit is received
• NASA is in collaboration with a private company

2. Applications of materials on space & asteroids mining

Lecture vs Podcasts

• Practical : GPS systems and tracking of climate change
• Commercial : Clean energy sources using lunar stations,space depots and launch bases
• By mining,platinum,plutonium and rhodium for manufacturing and medicine
• water for rocket fuel

• U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act allows companies to own materials extracted from space

3.Law

Lecture vs Podcasts

• Mentioned that space law, and the United Nations has an Office for Outer Space Affairs

• Government only have the authority to create legal framework for private sector businesses

conclusion

Private companies are expanding their presence in satellite-related activities, while government space agencies concentrate on research and exploration

Any questions?

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THANKS!

References

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3227448/moon-and-back-china-reveals-first-details-crewed-lunar-landing-mission-2030

https://www.pexels.com/search/moon/

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/country-flag.html?sortBy=relevant

https://frostbrowntodd.com/why-space-exploration-is-driving-innovation-and-raising-novel-legal-questions/