ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses the evolution of the global space sector outlining its most recent dynamics. It discusses the origins of the sector from its early developments to the most recent dynamics of the business of space. Within this context, the emergence of the business of space is one of the direct consequences of globalization. The chapter describes the concept of space from a globalization perspective. It outlines the dynamics of de-territorialization and re-territorialization as they are characterizing the sector. The chapter focuses on the origins of space, from its early developments to the most recent dynamics of the business. It also focuses on the dichotomy between space and globalization. The contemporary era of globalization has been represented as the most recent historical expression of ongoing dynamic of continual de-territorialization and re-territorialization that has underpinned the production of capitalist spatiality since the first industrial revolution of the early nineteenth century.
