Commerce in Space: Infrastructures, Technologies, and Applications

Abstract

It is hard to track the history and meaning of space art because it holds such widely varied meanings for differing constituencies and, compared with other disciplines, has diverse participation, but little formal history in space development. However we all seem to be interested in following the exploration and discovery of space, largely through the powerful images that characterize its progress. There are two major constituencies that are worlds apart: the usually consistent formal and popular visual documentation of the development of space and the intermittent and reluctant interest of the fine or academic arts.