Kommersialisering av Rymdindustrin

The space industry has been using collaboration since the OldSpace era and the Space Shuttle, most commonly through sub-contractors. Much is changing and collaboration is getting evermore important in the commercialization of the space industry. This study investigates the role of collaboration in influencing NewSpace start-ups and SMEs in overcoming barriers and market access. By examining the space industry through the lens of Open Innovation and PPP, this study aims to demonstrate how an open space ecosystem can contribute to ventures' development by allowing knowledge and trust to transfer freely. Through semi-structured interviews, 15 entrepreneurs and experts in the space industry were interviewed that had experience with the space industry. The data extracted from these interviews were transformed into themes and demonstrated how collaboration with institutions such as the government can contribute crucial factors such as trust building and early stream revenue by means such as the use of anchor contracts. Incubators and accelerators can provide ventures with opportunities such as networking and funding depending on need of venture. The use of cross-industry collaboration was identified as a factor of market access in the form of market creation for both upstream and downstream ventures such as technology and data respectively with a heavy focus on service models. Future studies should aim to study the long term effects of different collaboration types in the space industry and the application of space services in other industries.