A Note on a Procedure for Improving the Development of Government Space Policy
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David Ashford (2023), JBIS, 76, pp.205-206
Refcode: 2023.76.205
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59332/jbis-076-06-0205
Government space policy processes tend to be driven by consensus. Foresight panels, reviews, competitions for early funding, and consultations are among the procedures used. These tend to be good at extrapolating present trends but less useful for predicting breakthroughs or for supporting projects that are not in line with the prevailing orthodoxy. This paper suggests need for a procedure for capturing potential breakthroughs outside of the orthodoxy sooner..
Keywords: UK Space Policy, Innovation Capture
