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Business, Finance, Commerce & the Establishment of a Space Economy

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The Institute for Space Development is working on economic, financial, and business models and projections related to private and commercial space development efforts.

In the long-term we can use commerce, business development and even resources from space benefit Earth, develop permanent human settlements, and establish a space economy and private industry capable of supporting further development and expansion into our solar system.

Our primary areas of interest include:

• Economics, financial modeling, and projections.
• Industry and business analysis.
• Assessment of natural resource and commodity markets.
• The establishment of space commerce and economy.
• Space law concerns, resource access, & property rights.
• Project and macro-project management.

Economic & Financial Modeling

The development of financial and economic models of space infrastructure projects and markets as well as assessment and projections of long-term natural resource markets on Earth in light of space development.