From the Lunar Station to the Space Economy

Abstract

After 2010, the international space scene was showing signs of deep change. Private investments began to look at the cosmos with different eyes, seizing opportunities that had previously been neglected. Characters like Space X’s Elon Musk, Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson, who had accumulated wealth with other businesses, were now directing their business ventures beyond the Earth, becoming the new visionaries of space, moving towards destinations that space agencies were reluctant to address. Private individuals were transformed into the protagonists of the new Space Economy, launching initiatives not only in the West, especially in the United States, but also in Russia and China.