Financing the New Space Industry

Breaking Free of Gravity and Government Support

By:

Howard E. McCurdy

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Hardback

Series:

Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

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This Palgrave Pivot investigates the efforts of five aerospace companies—SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Orbital Sciences, and the Boeing Company—to launch their entry into the field of commercial space transportation. Can private sector firms raise enough capital to end the usual dependence on government funding? What can historical examples of other large-scale transportation initiatives, such as the first transcontinental railway and the first commercial jetliner, teach us about the prospects of commercial space flight? As Howard E. McCurdy shows, commercializing space is a great experiment, the outcome of which will depend on whether new space entrepreneurs can attract support from a variety of traditional and nontraditional sources.

Author Biography:

Howard E. McCurdy is Professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C.

Release date Australia

November 20th, 2019

Author

Howard E. McCurdy

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Edition

1st ed. 2019

Illustrations

6 Illustrations, color; X, 122 p. 6 illus. in color.

Pages

122

Series

Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology

ISBN-13

9783030322915

Product ID

31427485

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