The privatization of space exploration : business, technology, law and policy / Lewis D. Solomon
- Bib ID:
- 4463173
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Solomon, Lewis D
- Description:
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- New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, c2008
- 128 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781412807593
- 141280759X
- Summary:
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"By unleashing entrepreneurial activity, Solomon writes, it may be possible to move the space program from the historic province of NASA and several giant aerospace firms and create a renaissance in human spaceflight. The private sector can energize the quest for space exploration and shape the race for the final frontier. Space entrepreneurs and private sector firms have already made significant innovations in space travel. They have plans for future tourism in space and safer shuttles. Solomon details current U.S. and international laws dealing with space use, settlement, and exploration. He then offers policy recommendations to facilitate privatization."
"In the first decade of the twenty-first century, private enterprise is bubbling away, threatening to change the space landscape forever. Individuals are designing spacecraft, start-up companies are testing prototypes, and reservations are being taken for suborbital space flights. With for-profit enterprises carving out a new realm, it is entirely possible that space will one day be a sea of hotels and/or a repository of resources for big business. It is important that regulations are in place for this eventuality. The Privatization of Space Exploration is likely to become the standard reference work in a new field that has great importance, huge implications, and urgency for everyone."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Rise, Stagnation, and Possible Revitalization of NASA
- 3. Building on Winning the Ansari X Prize: Mojave Aerospace Ventures, LLC; Scaled Composites, LLC; Virgin Galactic Airways; and The Spaceship Company
- 4. From Space Travel Broker to Joint Venturer: Space Adventures, Ltd.
- 5. The Quest to Reduce Launch Costs: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- 6. Developing Space Habitats: Bigelow Aerospace Inc.
- 7. The Legal Environment for Private Sector Space Enterprises
- 8. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Space industrialization
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2008
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