Finally, the doors were open between the West, Eastern Europe, and Asia. Commercial space had a platform from which to take off. And space-based biomedical research came to the forefront. The New Face of Space Space again is at a turning point. Commercial remote sensing and satellite-based communications are revolutionizing life on Earth.
Life science discoveries frequently originate in space and impact the medical community.
The International Space Station is making worldwide cooperation an everyday reality. It is clearly time to meet again. The place is Houston. The dates are 10-19 October 2002. The vision is broader.