Potential of the Market for Space Technologies, Goods and Services in the 21st Century: A View of Russian Business

The paper presents a long-range forecast of the development of the world market for space technology, goods and services in the 21st century, and estimates the prospects of activities in this market by Russian scientific-industrial amalgamations NPOS) and industrial enterprises with different kinds of property. At the outset of the 21st century private business more and more actively presses for the meaningful participation of private business in the markets of space technology, goods and services. However, it cannot progress world-wide space activity unless the global space infrastructure continues to gain systematic support from the federal budgets of states.