International space station : the next space marketplace : proceedings of [the fourth annual] international symposium [of the International Space University (ISU)], 26-28 may 1999, Strasbourg, France

G. Haskell, Symposium Programme Committee Chair, Vice President, Administration and Programme Development, International Space University e-mail: Haskell@isu.isunet.edu M. Rycroft, Faculty Member, International Space University e-mail: Rycroft@isu.isunet.edu The theme of the fourth annual symposium arranged by the International Space University (ISU) was "International Space Station: The Next Space Marketplace". The Symposium covered this topic from the uniqu- interdisciplinary, international and intercultural - perspectives of ISU. It focussed on significant issues related to policy, innovative management, commerce, regulation, education and outreach rather than concentrating on engineering and scientific issues. Although admirable progress has already been made in defining the utilisation of the International Space Station (ISS) in its early operational phases, what does the future hold? What important new applications will arise? What commercial opportunities may emerge? And how will the political, legal and financial hurdles be overcome, not to mention the technical challenges? The aim of the Symposium was to discuss such questions and draw out new ways of using the Space Station in the future. Among the 120 attendees were members of the fourth Master of Space Studies class, young professionals and postgraduate students who are developing the Symposium's theme in their Team Project. Their comprehensive overview of the subject is presented as an Annex here. Their final report on the Team Project will be completed at the end of July 1999, and published separately. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Keynote Address ISS: From Political to Scientific and Economic Preeminence....Pages 1-6 Back Matter....Pages 59-60 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Brazilian Participation in the International Space Station, with an Emphasis on Microgravity Research....Pages 9-16 BEOS — A New Approach to Promote and Organize Industrial ISS Utilization....Pages 17-22 Protein Crystallography Services on the International Space Station....Pages 23-30 Commercial Protein Crystallisation Facility: Experiences from the STS 95 Mission....Pages 31-39 The ISS, an Opportunity for Technology in Space....Pages 41-49 ISS: Management of the Commercial Research and Development Process....Pages 51-57 Back Matter....Pages 97-99 Front Matter....Pages 61-61 Entrepreneurial Initiatives to Use the ISS for Profit....Pages 63-68 From Space Station to Space Tourism: The Role of ISS in Public Access to Space....Pages 69-78 International Space Station Commercialization: Can Canada Blaze the Trail Forward?....Pages 79-82 Transitioning to Commercial Exploitation of Space....Pages 83-90 International Space Station Commercialization Study....Pages 91-96 Back Matter....Pages 137-138 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 Searching for New Opportunities from the International Space Station, and Using Them in Eastern Africa....Pages 103-110 International Space Station: New Uses in Marketplace of Ideas....Pages 111-118 ISS — The First International Space Classroom: International Cooperation in Hands-on Space Education....Pages 119-125 Art Module “MICHELANGELO”: A Possibility for Non-Scientific ISS Utilization....Pages 127-130 Space Education and Space-Based Education: The Russian Experience....Pages 131-135 Back Matter....Pages 181-182 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 Legal Environment for Exploitation of the International Space Station (ISS)....Pages 141-153 Promotion of Industrial ISS Utilization by the German Space Agency....Pages 155-162 Commercial Management for the Space Station: Making the ISS More Accessible to All....Pages 163-174 Back Matter....Pages 233-235 Front Matter....Pages 139-139 A United Nations Module on ISS: A Study....Pages 175-180 Back Matter....Pages 233-235 Front Matter....Pages 183-183 Commercial Development of the International Space Station....Pages 185-194 Enabling Better Science: A Commercial Communications Payload for the International Space Station....Pages 195-202 Commercialization of Management Know-How Generated by the ISS Program....Pages 203-209 An Initial Strategy for Commercial Industry Awareness of the International Space Station....Pages 211-218 Market Potential for the International Space Station (ISS) Service Sector....Pages 219-226 ISS: Overview of Where Station is at and a Concept for Commercial Utilization....Pages 227-231 Back Matter....Pages 239-241 Front Matter....Pages 237-237 Report on the Concluding Panel....Pages 239-241 Front Matter....Pages 243-243 The International Space Station: Expanding our Knowledge of Reactions to Microgravity and Methods to Compensate the Effects of Gravity in Relation to Certain Species of Birds....Pages 245-247 Diagnostic Solution Assistant (DSA): Intelligent System Monitoring, Management, Analysis, and Administration....Pages 249-250 Measurements of Raised Intra-Cranial Pressure, a Cause of Space Motion Sickness....Pages 251-253 Recording Sprites, Blue Jets and ELVES from the ISS....Pages 255-257 Gene Therapy as a Possible Counter-measure for Long Duration Space Flight....Pages 259-260 Some Ideas for a Global ISU Educational Program Centered on the International Space Station....Pages 261-262 Front Matter....Pages 263-263 Epilogue to the ISU Symposium on “ISS: The Next Space Marketplace”....Pages 265-267 Front Matter....Pages 269-269 Utilization of the International Space Station: A User’s Overview....Pages 271-273 Utilization of the International Space Station: A User’s Overview....Pages 275-346 Back Matter....Pages 347-357 This book addresses issues of ISS utilization and operations from all perspectives, especially the commercial viewpoint, as well as for scientific research and technological development, and education in the widest sense of the word. It will be of great interest to those working in industry, academia and government, particularly in public-private partnerships. Addressing issues of ISS utilization and operations from all perspectives, including use for scientific research and technological development, and for education, this text should be of interest to those working in industry, academia and government, particularly in public-private partnerships.