This book offers a guide to how modern space programs are conceived, structured, and steered at the highest levels of decision‑making. Moving beyond mission execution, this book focuses on the strategic foundations of space activities—policy design, institutional governance, long‑term strategy, and portfolio selection. Anchored in a systems‑engineering perspective and informed by six decades of global space experience, it introduces the PISP framework to show how national interests and political priorities can be translated into coherent, fundable space missions. Bridging space policy, public administration, and strategic management, this book is an essential resource for policymakers, space agency leaders, industry executives, and advanced students navigating an increasingly complex and competitive space sector.

João Dallamuta is an associate professor at the Federal Technological University of Paraná, Brazil, specializing in strategic management and space systems engineering. He is an engineer and project manager with professional experience in satellite telecommunications, technology management, franchising, and management consulting.