1.5.1 Space Agencies
1.5.2 Large Private Entreprises
1.5.3 The United Nations
1.5.4 Public Influence Groups
1.5.5 Scientific Community

The report is aimed primarily at the planning and policy personnel of space agencies and large private enterprises. In addition, the United Nations, public influence groups and the scientific community will also find the report a valuable resource. The executive summary, which provides an overview of the report, is aimed at agencies and private enterprises as well as politicians, but focuses on higher level management. This section describes the key features contained in the report, and how they can be of use to each of the groups mentioned above.

The document provides planning and policy personnel of space agencies with ideas and possible new directions for future human and robotic space missions. We present an international strategy for human exploration away from Earth, including technical, economic and legal aspects. We discuss international cooperation with both private and public sectors, providing a forum from which space agencies may coordinate funding and business opportunities.

We present ideas to generate public interest. For example, we discuss a lunar rover race as a precursor mission. Planning and policy personnel may benefit from the innovative ideas outlined in the report, and we encourage agencies to integrate our recommendations into future plans.

The document provides planning and policy personnel of large private enterprises with suggestions of new approaches and opportunities for investment in the space industry. The audience has not been limited to the space industry, as the report goes beyond activities currently performed by space enterprises. We discuss both immediate and long-term opportunities for commercialization, such as the International Space Station and exploitation of lunar resources. Throughout the report we emphasize economic benefits of the proposed strategy, in addition to opportunities for international cooperation. Planning and policy personnel may benefit from the new ideas we discuss. These may provide enterprises with insight into the future of space commercialization.

The document provides the United Nations with our understanding of future human exploration plans, including political and legal issues related to the proposed strategy. Readers may find 3.6 of particular interest; this section describes in detail how Asia can contribute to the strategy.

Public influence groups such as lobbyists can benefit from discussions of financial and economic gains. These discussions may provide them with valuable information and tools that can be used to convince governments and decision-makers to invest in space exploration. Other influence groups such as space societies may benefit from some of our new ideas. These space societies may wish to consider the recommendations made on building and sustaining public support, which in most cases is their primary goal.

The document provides the scientific community with some new ideas for scientific experiments in future space exploration. Topics such as advanced technology experiments and the detailed design of a robotic precursor mission are likely to be of particular interest.

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