Information, Communication, and Space Technology

5 Future Space Technologies

5.1 Introduction

Future space technologies could be viewed from those organizations that are in the forefront of space technologies. With no doubt, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) would be on the top of such a list and their dreams and imagination for the years and perhaps decades ahead would give us a rather good understanding of where we are moving and what the goals and targets are in this area. Space technology has affected the lives of millions in different ways as we learned in this book so far, from numerous applications. The impact on education, on safety and security, on early warnings of natural disasters, on agriculture, on city planning, on navigation and tens, perhaps hundreds ...