Exploring the Unknown - NASA's History Office

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Annual Gross Sales (Billion Dollars)
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
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Annual Market Potential for Electrophoresis
25% Market Capture USA Only
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Number of Products EOS Industry
• Potential for Manufacturing New and Improved Products in Space Is Real
• Without Long Duration Capability Market Penetration for Any One Product Is
Limited
• Unmanned Free Flight Support Will Allow Market Development for One or More
Products Within the Limitations of the Space Transportation System
• Manned Long Duration Facility Can Provide the Basis for Industry Growth With
Improved Economics
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• Population
USA 230 Million (5.12%)
World 4585 Million
• Gross National Product (GNP)
USA $2.626 Trillion
Europe/Japan $4.530 Trillion
Document title: U.S. General Accounting Office, “Commercial Use of Space: Many
Grantees Making Progress, but NASA Oversight Could be Improved,” Executive
Summary, GAO/NSIAD-91-142, May 1991, pp. 2–5.
Source: Documentary History Collection, Space Policy Institute, George Washington
University, Washington, D.C.