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As the space industry evolves from one dominated by governments and their military establishments to one that is undergoing rapid commercialisation across a wide number of areas, there is a need for a business perspective on the industry which can help to address many of the managerial and operations issues that face the industry players. As the business of space expands to incorporate space tourism and extraterrestrial mining, manufacturing and energy generation, logistics infrastructures and supply chain networks will need to be designed and implemented to support these areas of endeavour. As the impact of climate change makes terrestrial survival for the human species increasingly problematic, the imperative to develop the means of evacuating planet Farth and sustaining extraterrestrial human existence becomes critical. However, the challenges around sustaining extraterrestrial human existence, aka the humanising of space, are immense. In this respect, the development and sustaining of a robust supply chain network capacity linking Earth and extraterrestrial nodes will be crucial. In designing such a network, there are many issues to be addressed - some that already pertain to terrestrial supply networks but some that arise solely in thic Contact 2. 13 ect in ePortfolio Download Louis Brennan1 Trinity College Dublin The space industry traces its origins to the middle of the twentieth century as an exclusively government/military domain involving the US and the former Soviet Union. It has evolved to one which is increasingly commercialised and internationalised involving a host of activities and countries. Today, the OECD defines the space economy as encompassing all public and private actors involved in developing and providing space-enabled products and services. It includes research and development; manufacturers of space hardware, such as launch vehicles, satellites and ground stations; providers of space-enabled products, such as navigation equipment and satellite phones; and providers of services to final users, such as satellite-based meteorological services and direct-to-home video services, Question1 What are the key decision facing the designers of supply chain network if the humanising of space is to become a reality? Question2 Identify the incentives for the creation of extraterrestrial supply chains