Abstract
After being regarded almost exclusively as a research domain, today, the space sector has transformed into a comprehensive economy seeing growth in the number of new business entities and markets. This transformation has contributed to increasing governmental and private activities in the space domain worldwide. This increase motivates new countries to launch their space programmes, develop national space sectors, and establish respective space sector development infrastructure in form of national administration. The nature of this national infrastructure varies from country to country, depending on the national focus as well as industrial and research capabilities. In many emerging space countries, this infrastructure has most recently been concentrated around ministries responsible for the economy, innovation, entrepreneurship, or transport, reflecting the emerging space nation mindset transformation. This article outlines a case study of the mindset transformation process for emerging space nations, mapping the approaches and tools used by the Slovak sector in various aspects of space ecosystem development. The purpose of this article is to share the experience gathered over the past 2 years in Slovakia and contribute to the discussion related to government-driven space industry development.
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