page_title: International Institute of Space Commerce
section_title: Studies and outputs
hierarchical_section_title: International Institute of Space Commerce / Studies and outputs
caption_attribution_description: English: International Institute of Space Commerce stand at International Astronautical Conference
context_page_description: The International Institute of Space Commerce was established at the Isle of Man in 2007 as a corporation between the International Space University and the Government of the Isle of Man. Realizing that the new space economy is being confronted with new challenges, it was felt necessary to establish a new think-tank focusing on commercial space aspects in addition to other space think-tanks, most of them with an emphasis on governmental space activities.
  The location on the Isle of Man was targeted towards the growth of commercial space economy attracted on the Isle by creating a favorable environment for commercial space companies. The think-tank activity has been established and is intended to provide an added value to the services offered locally.
context_section_description: An important communication vehicle is the IISC website. Indeed, the availability of this website allowed for publication of papers and ideas in the field of space commercialization within short delays.
  Studies were produced on:
  Social responsibility in the sector of space operators,
  Space assets, and
  Orbital space tourism demand
  and published, next to a number of research papers, on this website.
  Workshops were held on:
  The consequences of the financial crisis on the space sector.
  Space solutions for society.
  Summaries of the main findings were published.
  In addition, the need was identified to write more books on the modern space economy. The first work was dedicated to Space Commerce, see also fig. 2
  The importance and interaction between IISC and the space ewas described in extenso in a recent article in Space Policy.
  Present planned activities are inter alia
  A workshop on the Space Data Association (SDA)
  A second book on Space in the framework of International Cooperation.
caption: IISC Stand at IAC
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