1、xTech Futures:SpaceTechLaunching the ultimate emerging market2FM+BMTABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION 03HERE 09Reducing barriers to entry and explorationNEAR 15 Capturing higher-value business cases in Earths orbitsTHERE 29 Exploring new frontiers for health,wealth,and wisdomCONCLUSION 39ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

2、403INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTIONPREFACEFrom InfoTech to xTechFifteen years ago,our small band of rebels published a report called Deloitte Tech Trends.The idea was simple,but not simplistic:Chronicle pioneering client case studies from around the globe that,taken together,traced a trendline toward our sh

3、ared tomorrow.Somebody,in some other sector,in some other country,is very likely building pieces of your tomorrow,today.Or,as William Gibson said best:“The future is already hereits just not very evenly distributed.”As an organization delivering myriad professional services in just about every indus

4、try sector,we take that truism more literally than just about anyone.Today,Deloitte Tech Trends is our most widely read annual report globally.Its required reading for business leaders who are keen to get beyond the buzzwords du jour and on to enduring business value;those who aspire to graduate fro

5、m best practices to next practices and play leapfrog instead of catch-up.But heres the catch.If were being honest with ourselves,Tech Trends doesnt really chronicle“tech”so much as a subset of tech.Specifically,information technology.Which makes sense,because InfoTech has indeed been the primary eng

6、ine powering business acceleration and digital transformation for the last 50+years.But as it turns out,theres a whole lot more going on in“tech”than IT.In distinctively Deloitte fashion,weve gotten busy studying the evolution of undergraduate majors,PhD programs,grant funding,patent activity,ventur