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In addition, it formulates an overall policy framework that OECD governments might use in drafting policies designed to ensure that the potential that space has to offer is actually realized. (nss.org)

Foreword:

This publication is the final report on a two-year OECD Futures Project devoted to the commercialisation of space, the development of space infrastructure and the role to be played by public and private actors (the Space Project).

The project was carried out over 2003-04 and involved 25 public and private participants from the OECD area. It was launched in response to growing concern in many quarters that the potential contribution of space to the economy and society at large was not being fully exploited and that the topic would greatly benefit from policy attention beyond the space community itself.