Financing the New Space Industry - Breaking Free of Gravity and Government Support (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Release date:	November 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	Howard E McCurdy
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	122
Edition:	1st ed. 2019
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-032291-5
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > General Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Space science > Astronautics Books > History > American history > General Books > Money & Finance > General
LSN:	3-03-032291-2
Barcode:	9783030322915

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