SPARE · Responsible Space Growth: Sustainability Resilience and Competitiveness for the Emerging Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Economy

Humanity is presently at the brink of a new era in space development likely to irreversibly bind our daily lives to assets in orbit and beyond. Starting from the paradigm of 6G wireless networks that in the next decade will release cellular services from spaceborne base stations, a diverse range of sectors including energy, materials, nano, bio and pharma will extend activities into LEO orbit. Space is thus evolving into an ever-greater strategic priority for the European society, economy, security and sovereignty. Despite World-class capacities that Europe enjoys, present trends present substantial threats for the future. Current practice poses unviable burden on the terrestrial and orbital environments. Competition from established and emerging players threatens the European position, whilst ease of access is turning space into an increasingly contested domain. The vision of SPARE is to underpin Responsible Growth for space along three interconnected innovation objectives: - Sustainability: ensure space uses natural resources responsibly across terrestrial & orbital environments- Resilience: embed in space systems security, safety & robustness against technical failures and malicious acts- Competitiveness: create value proposition amid fast evolving industry, market & regulatory landscapes Adopting a broad perspective where engineering and technological innovation are intimately linked with the environment, regulation and the economy, SPARE delivers a World-class training programme addressing critical bottlenecks along the pathways to sustainable and resilient growth of the European space sector.