Space and entrepreneurship - World Space Week 4-10 October-

Space and entrepreneurship - World Space Week 4-10 October

Date:2023/10/05

The theme for World Space Week 2023, “Space and Entrepreneurship”, recognizes the growing significance of the commercial space industry and the increasing opportunities for space entrepreneurship. With miniaturization and decreasing launch costs, it is now possible for a small business to build and launch a small satellite. World Space Week 2023 will inspire individuals to join the workforce needed for the expanding commercial space industry. It will also serve as a forum for important discussions on the transition of Low Earth Orbit to a more entrepreneurial ecosystem.

World Space Week 2023 explores the benefits of space entrepreneurship.

PHOTO:Mia Platužić and Ilayda Edali

First launch from site Vostochny, Russia. PHOTO:ROSCOSMOS

World Space Week

By resolution 54/68 of 6 December 1999, the General Assembly proclaimed World Space Week, to celebrate the contributions of space science and technology to the betterment of the human condition.

World Space Week is the largest annual space event in the world. the weeks helps build up the workforce of tomorrow by inspiring students; demonstrates visible public support for the space programme; educates the public about space activities; and fosters international cooperation in space outreach and education.

Each year a theme is selected by the World Space Week Association Board of Directors in close coordination with the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs. The theme provides broad guidance to World Space Week participants on the content of their programmes. The theme is selected to increase the impact of World Space Week on all humanity further, by using a uniform theme globally.

World Space Week Poster 2023

Space and Entrepreneurship

The theme for World Space Week 2023, “Space and Entrepreneurship”, recognizes the growing significance of the commercial space industry in space, and the increasing opportunities for space entrepreneurship and new benefits of space developed by space entrepreneurs. With miniaturization and decreasing launch costs, it is now possible for a small business to build and launch a small satellite, and for entrepreneurs to create valuable new data products for governments and industry.

World Space Week 2023 will inspire students worldwide to study STEM and business, and offer space companies the opportunity to recruit the workforce needed for the expanding commercial space industry. It will also serve as a forum for important discussions on the transition of Low Earth Orbit to a more entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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