Scenarios to 2035
How large could in-space manufacturing become by 2035, and what decides which future arrives?
Chapter summary
Setcoin sets out three scenarios.
Key takeaways
- 1
In the low case, no product made in orbit reaches market by 2035, capsules remain defence test beds and research platforms, and the narrow market stays below $1 billion.
- 2
In the base case, two or three niche products succeed, retina films or another implant, specialty fibre, a space-processed intermediate for one or two specialty drugs, and the market reaches about $1–3 billion with several hundred capsule missions over the decade.
- 3
In the high case, a space step becomes part of a blockbuster's supply and capsules fly weekly, taking the market above $5 billion.
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