{"title":"The Astropreneurial Co-creation of the New Space Economy","authors":"Steven Gonzalez","doi":"10.1016/j.spacepol.2023.101552","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We are witnessing the emergence of a new “techno-economic paradigm” in the New Space economy. The entrepreneur research during the current “Innovation and Communication” paradigm captured the co-creation of the digital ecosystem through the affordances and platforms of the digital technology. Similarly, New Space is creating opportunities for a new generation of space entrepreneurs, known as astropreneurs, to co-create the ecosystem through the affordances and platforms enabled by space technology. For astropreneurs, the affordances vary depending on whether the application of the space technology is intended for use in space, on earth or “spin-off” to another market. Additionally, the co-creation across the groups of astropreneurs and the fluidity of the technology across markets differs depending on their associated affordances. By exploring how the different context of space and its associated technology affordances introduces new models of co-creation and fluidity across the astropreneurial community, this article aims to broaden the fluidity and co-creation research of entrepreneurs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":45924,"journal":{"name":"Space Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Space Policy","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0265964623000140","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We are witnessing the emergence of a new “techno-economic paradigm” in the New Space economy. The entrepreneur research during the current “Innovation and Communication” paradigm captured the co-creation of the digital ecosystem through the affordances and platforms of the digital technology. Similarly, New Space is creating opportunities for a new generation of space entrepreneurs, known as astropreneurs, to co-create the ecosystem through the affordances and platforms enabled by space technology. For astropreneurs, the affordances vary depending on whether the application of the space technology is intended for use in space, on earth or “spin-off” to another market. Additionally, the co-creation across the groups of astropreneurs and the fluidity of the technology across markets differs depending on their associated affordances. By exploring how the different context of space and its associated technology affordances introduces new models of co-creation and fluidity across the astropreneurial community, this article aims to broaden the fluidity and co-creation research of entrepreneurs.
期刊介绍:
Space Policy is an international, interdisciplinary journal which draws on the fields of international relations, economics, history, aerospace studies, security studies, development studies, political science and ethics to provide discussion and analysis of space activities in their political, economic, industrial, legal, cultural and social contexts. Alongside full-length papers, which are subject to a double-blind peer review system, the journal publishes opinion pieces, case studies and short reports and, in so doing, it aims to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and opinions and a means by which authors can alert policy makers and international organizations to their views. Space Policy is also a journal of record, reproducing, in whole or part, official documents such as treaties, space agency plans or government reports relevant to the space community. Views expressed in the journal are not necessarily those of the editors or members of the editorial board.