3 trillion billion in twenty years, this is the figure that Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and even Bank of America foresee for the Space Economy. Meryl Lynch and the space agency for the United Nations organization are the most confident and go beyond predictions. Among the 500 richest entrepreneurs in the world, 16, from Elon Musk to Jeff Bezos, invest in the sector, but there is also a flourishing of space agencies, innovative startups and very creative SMEs that are working hard in this regard.
The director of the UN space agency based in Vienna, Simonetta Di Pippo, in Bremen at the world meeting of astronautics, Iac20i8 confirmed the forecasts of about 3.ooo billion by 2040. State investments in the sector begin to become interesting. The United States with 40 billion on average leads the ranking, followed by China and Russia.
Italy, thanks to the strong impulse given recently by the Italian Space Agency, has introduced the concept of Space Economy placing itself at the eighth place, with 1,5 billion of investments in the sector.
However, there are more than 80 space agencies in the world, including two in Algeria and Bolivia. A notable shock to the space market could come from the decision of US President Donald Trump to open a new Armed Force, the "Space Force" dedicated to Space. In this regard, they are very excited about the decision of Trump Boeing or Lockheed Martin, who have seen their monopoly in the sector decrease significantly due to private investors.
Elon Musk, for example, is very active with SpaceX. The market, in fact, will be the prerogative of private individuals for 75% and the number of satellites in orbit may rise from the current 1500 to around 2000.
Among the Italian companies we highlight the D-Orbit that is working on an innovative module, a real dispenser that puts in orbit several "mini" satellites, slightly larger than a box, with only one launch. The revolution is total for the prices of the individual satellites and the costs of their launch. In a single launch, swarms of mini satellites can be launched.
Italy is also at the forefront with Avio and its projects for new versions of the successful Vega launcher, European but built mostly from Italy in Colleferro, in the province of Rome.
Italy with Vega mainly sells absolute and recognized reliability. The Italian Air Force pilot and astronaut Roberto Vittori also spoke, "today the Space economy is an important series of activities, which however are carried out from the Earth for space, but the true meaning concerns what will be done by going into space , on the Moon or Mars or on asteroids, to extract minerals or set up manufacturing industries, launch bases and more ”.
Indeed, the value of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, of metals and rare stones, is estimated at $ 5,000, 30 zero after the first digit.