From Terrestrial to Extraterrestrial Supply chain Network The space industry traces its origins to the middle of the twentieth century as an exclusively government/military domain involving the united states and the former Soviet Union. It has evolved to one which is increasingly commercialized and internationalized involving a host of activities and countries. Today the OECD defines the space economy as encompassing all public and private sectors involved in developing and providing space-enabled products and services. It includes research and development; manufacturers of space hardware such as launch vehicles, satellites, ground stations; providers of space-enabled products such as navigation equipment and satellite phones; and providers of services to final users such as satellite-based meteorological services and direct-to-home video services. As the space industry evolves from one dominated by governments and their military establishments to one which is undergoing rapid commercialization across a wide number of areas, there is a need for a business perspective on the industry which can help to address many of the managerial and operations issues that face the industry players. As the business of space expands to incorporate space tourism and extraterrestrial mining, manufacturing and energy generation, logistics infrastructures and supply chain networks will need to be designed and implemented to support these areas of endeavor. As the impact of climate change makes terrestrial survival for the human species increase singly problematic , the imperative to develop the means of evacuating planet Earth and sustaining extraterrestrial human existence becomes critical. However, the challenges around sustaining extraterrestrial human existence, aka the humanizing of space, are immense. In this respect the development and sustaining of a robust supply chain network capacity linking Earth and extraterrestrial and sustaining of a robust supply chain network capacity linking Earth and extraterrestrial nodes will be crucial. In designing such a network, there are many issues to be addressed – some that already pertain to terrestrial supply networks but some that arise solely in this unique context. In your report you need to consider: 1. The fundamental reasons for success, with a comparison to another successful and an unsuccessful company? 2. . How can the company maintain its competitive advantage? 3. Could this be suitable for other companies and if so explain why, if not explain why? 4. Discuss the concept of sustainability and its relevance to the company featured in the case study 5. Words 2000 6. Harvard referencing (Anglia version) 7. Source such as wiki.., scribed.com, docstore.com are not considered.