[left panel] Productiveness of area science missions as a operate of their mass and price (shade). Productiveness is parameterized because the variety of reviewed papers/yr/M$. The diamond marks the common of cubesat missions, the error bars embody the vary of productiveness of cubesats, from very excessive to very low or zero for failed missions. [Right panel] Influence of area science missions as a operate of their mass and complete value (shade). Influence is parameterized because the Analysis affect quotient (Riq), see Appendix A. The diamond marks the common of cubesat missions, the error bars embody the vary of affect of cubesats, from very excessive to very low or zero for failed missions. — astro-ph.IM
Will or not it’s doable sooner or later to comprehend massive, advanced area missions devoted to primary science like HST, Chandra and JWST? Or will their value be simply too nice?
Right now’s area scene is totally completely different from that of even 5 years in the past, and definitely from that of the time when HST, Chandra and JWST had been conceived and constructed. Area-related investments have grown exponentially in recent times, with financial funding exceeding half a trillion {dollars} in 2023.
This growth is essentially because of the rise of the so-called ‘new area’ financial system pushed by non-public business funding, which for the primary time final 12 months surpassed public investments in area. The introduction of a market logic to area actions ends in extra competitors, and a ensuing dramatic value and schedule discount.
Can area science benefit from the advantages of the brand new area financial system to scale back value and improvement time and on the similar time achieve producing highly effective missions in primary science? The prospects for Europe and the USA are thought-about right here.
Price/kilogram to LEO versus 12 months — astro-ph.IM
We argue that this aim can be attainable if the scientific neighborhood may benefit from the three pillars underlying the innovation of the brand new area financial system: (1) know-how innovation continuing by way of each incremental innovation and disruptive innovation, (2) enterprise innovation, by way of vertical integration, scale manufacturing, and repair oriented enterprise mannequin, and (3) cultural innovation, by way of openness to threat and iterative improvement.
F. Fiore, M. Elvis
Feedback: Submitted to Area Coverage
Topics: Instrumentation and Strategies for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
Cite as: arXiv:2502.20922 [astro-ph.IM] (or arXiv:2502.20922v1 [astro-ph.IM] for this model)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2502.20922
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From: Fabrizio Fiore
[v1] Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:24:42 UTC (668 KB)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.20922
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