The Space Foundation has publicly released The Space Report: The Guide to Global Space Activity, a new and definitive source for data and analysis about the global space industry, space products, and space services. The book was released in a series of briefings held today in Washington, D.C., and continuing this week in New York City. Among its revelations: the space industry now tops $180 billion in global revenues, and a newly created index of space equities has outperformed both the S and P 500 and NASDAQ.

"We saw a need for one source for credible and comprehensive information about the space industry worldwide," said Space Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Elliot G. Pulham. "The Space Foundation's Research and Analysis enterprise produced The Space Report to bring together that data and provide a useful tool for analysis and forecasting."

The Tauri Group, known for its objective, credible and in-depth research, served as technical lead, providing research, data and analysis for this definitive report.

The Space Report identifies nine distinct sectors for global space activities and describes the full range of space activities: space infrastructure, space products and services, space revenues and government budgets, how space products and services are used, their impact, and the outlook for the future.

Among its key findings, The Space Report concludes that space activities accounted for about $180 billion in government budgets and industry revenues worldwide in 2005.

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