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ASCENT Study Final Report - Executive Summary

Published:	January 2003
Author:	Futron Corporation Derek Webber
Origin:	Futron Corporation Analysis Study for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.

Abstract:	The Futron Analysis of Space Concepts Enabled by New Transportation (ASCENT) Study was a major undertaking on the part of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and Futron Corporation designed to provide the best possible estimates of global launch vehicle demand for the next twenty years via the research, analysis and forecasting of current and future space markets and applications. It is a reassessment, with significant improvements in modeling approach and data collection methods, of the findings of the Commercial Space Transportation Study (CSTS) of a decade ago (which was the previous milestone space market study). The ASCENT Study was performed over a 20-month period from June 2001 to January 2003. This report describes the major findings from the Study.



Related Entries:	What the Growth of a Space Tourism Industry Could Contribute to Employment, Economic Growth, Environmental Protection, Education, Culture and World Peace Commercial Space Transportation Study NASA RLV International Space Station LEO ELV Public Space Markets - What We Know And What We Don't Know The ASCENT Study - Understanding the Market Environment for the Follow-on to the Space Shuttle Lessons of ASCENT - Messages for Industry, the Federal Government and Spaceport Authorities The First 100 Years of Public Space Travel Spaceport Business - Potential Markets Through 2020 The Potential Importance of Passenger Space Travel Services Designing the Orbital Space Tourism Experience The Economic Benefits of Space Tourism
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