At the Space Foundation´s 34th Space Conference on Wednesday a session with ESA representations discussed with four ESA BIC start-ups, five European space companies and four Europe space agency representatives ”How new business models disrupt space business”.
Jan Wörner introduced the Space 4.0. Space 4.0 is today´s era where space is evolving from being the preserve of the governments of a few spacefaring nations to a situation in which there is the increased number of diverse space actors around the world, including the emergence of private companies, participation with academia, industry and citizens, digitalisation and global interaction.