Innovation Overview 1.  An introduction to space travel and orbital flight 2.  Improvements in technology for space travel 3.  Space travel's most important new ideas 4.  History

B. Economics 1. Demand for satellite services in many fields, such as internet and telecommunications 2. Business possibilities in helping government bodies, or private companies start things 3. Giving engineers, scientists, and technicians jobs in the space business 4. Effects on the local economy of places that have spaceports or factories 5. Chances for spin-off products that can help other industries, like health care and the auto industry 6. The possibility of investing in startups that are making new space technologies 7. Making money through license deals and intellectual property rights 8. A study of how much space trips will cost and how much money they might make back 9. Micro/macro-economics

Use the websites:

https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/topics/space-exploration-and-innovation.html https://www.sierraspace.com/newsroom/blog/the-next-great-innovations-will-come-from-private-industry-in-space/

https://www.accenture.com/us-en/services/technology/space https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/aerospace-defense/future-of-space-economy.html https://reason.org/policy-study/the-economics-of-space/, https://www.uschamber.com/space/business-guide-private-aerospace