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launch economics would be a positive development for the 
small satellite community, according to Futron's Thrash. 
5. CONCLUSIONS 
Streamlining a design is a process that involves many bold 
steps. A designer, a committee or an organization that takes 
such steps should do so with great care. When setting 
standards, one can easily set them in such a way that 
eliminates innovation for the next generations and prevents the 
use of many devices in future projects. In this sense, the 
standards can have the opposite effect of what is wanted and 
should be set with great care. Today's standards could become 
the legacy systems of tomorrow. 
Keeping these potential pitfalls in mind, we think that 
universities and research institutions are less likely to fall into 
these traps, since these organizations have a constant supply of 
new minds and ideas to keep older systems from getting 
anchored in the system too deeply. 
However, in order for standard to be useful, they have to be 
accepted widely and incorporated into everyday use. The future 
of the space industry is surely being shaped by the decisions 
and actions taken today. Cooperation between government, 
educational organizations and industry can bring about a 
revolution in the space industry and make affordable, short 
time-to-space spacecraft a reality in the near future. 
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