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Emerging space markets

Stella Tkatchova, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Space technology library | 2018

This book analyzes the commercial space activities and commercialization processes of the last fifteen years and maps the future challenges that NewSpace companies will face developing commercial space markets. In addition the reader will find [...]

Emerging space markets

Stella Tkatchova, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Space technology library | 2018

This book analyzes the commercial space activities and commercialization processes of the last fifteen years and maps the future challenges that NewSpace companies will face developing commercial space markets. In addition the reader will find [...]

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The political economy of the space age : how science and technology shape the evolution of human society /

Andrea Sommariva, Author | Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press | Vernon Press series in economic development | 2018

This book provides answers to the questions of why human-kind should go into space, and on the relative roles of governments and markets in the evolution of the space economy. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach to answer those questions. It[...]

The political economy of the space age : how science and technology shape the evolution of human society /

Andrea Sommariva, Author | Wilmington, Delaware : Vernon Press | Vernon Press series in economic development | 2018

This book provides answers to the questions of why human-kind should go into space, and on the relative roles of governments and markets in the evolution of the space economy. It adopts an interdisciplinary approach to answer those questions. It[...]

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Space capitalism : How humans will colonize planets, moons and asteroids

Peter Lothian Nelson, Author ; Walter E. Block, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | Palgrave studies in classical liberalism | 2018

This book compares and contrasts the motivations, morality, and effectiveness of space exploration when pursued by private entrepreneurs as opposed to government. The authors advocate market-driven, private initiatives take the lead through enh[...]

The space report 2018 : the authoritative guide to global space activity

Space Foundation, Author | [S.l.] : Space Foundation | 2018

This report gives an overview of major global space developments over the past year. Valuable to space professionals, students, policy-makers, researchers and the media, it includes highlights from all space sectors, from defense to exploration,[...]

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Washington state space economy

Puget Sound Regional Council, Author | Seattle, Washington : Puget Sound Regional Council | 2018

The report shows that the space industry has a strong economic impact throughout the central Puget Sound region and Washington state. Business activities tied to direct, indirect and induced impacts of the space industry will contribute an estim[...]

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AIA 2017 facts & figures : U.S. aerospace & defense

[S.l.] : Aerospace Industries Association of America | 2017

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Astropreneurs - The galactic guide to space entrepreneurship

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2017

The guide is filled with resources to support space entrepreneurs including: an analysis of the market opportunities, information about space applications, explanations of the basics of finance, business modeling, the minimum viable product proc[...]

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Capitalism in space : private enterprise and competition reshape the global aerospace launch industry

Robert Zimmerman, Author | Washington, D.C. : Center for a New American Security | 2017

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Implications of ultra-low-cost access to space

Todd Harrison, Author | Washington, D.C. : Center for Strategic and International Studies | 2017

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Introduction to U.S. export controls for the commercial space industry

Washington, D.C. : Office of Space Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce : Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration | 2017

This guidebook provides basic information to help commercial space organizations, especially emerging entrepreneurial firms, considering business in the international market. It is intended to serve as a starting point in the preparation for the[...]

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The long space age : the economic origins of space exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War /

Alexander C. MacDonald, Author | New Haven : Yale University Press | 2017

An economic historian argues that privately funded space exploration is not a new development, but a trend beginning with the astronomical observatories of the nineteenth century Over the last half-century there has been a rapid expansion in com[...]

The new gold rush

Joseph N. Pelton, Author | [S.l.] : Copernicus Books | 2017

The authors track the growing number of space businesses and opportunities for investors, and the many possible benefits of spaceplanes, space stations and even space colonies. The authors also discuss the need for more regulatory reform. Compa[...]

The new gold rush

Joseph N. Pelton, Author | [S.l.] : Copernicus Books | 2017

The authors track the growing number of space businesses and opportunities for investors, and the many possible benefits of spaceplanes, space stations and even space colonies. The authors also discuss the need for more regulatory reform. Compa[...]

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No bucks, no Buck Rogers : creating the business of commercial space

Derek Webber, Author | United States : Curtis Press | 2017

The book anchors the story on historical developments which transformed the original governmental and military space program into the successful satellite communications and broadcasting business. It then builds the case for moving forward to th[...]

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The space report 2017 : the authoritative guide to global space activity

Space Foundation, Author | [S.l.] : Space Foundation | 2017

This report gives an overview of major global space developments over the past year. Valuable to space professionals, students, policy-makers, researchers and the media, it includes highlights from all space sectors, from defense to exploration,[...]

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Space trends 2016 : global space activity overview. Volume 2 Recent launcher trends (1996-2015)

Pierre Lionnet, Editor | Brussels, Paris : ASD-Eurospace | 2017

The Volume 2 provides information related to the launches between 1996-2015. Graphs on the mass, events and success vs failures. Also, graphs for the analysis of the main launchers used during this period, their performances and the mass launche[...]

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SpaceX : from the ground up

Chris Prophet, Author | [S.l.] : Independently published | 2017

SpaceX promise to revolutionise space exploration and provide everyone the means to travel to new worlds. This is their story, all they have accomplished so far as they inexorably open the high frontier. How they survived perilous straits to eme[...]

Assessment of the socio-economic impact of the ESA participation to the International Space Station (ISS) programme : executive summary

[S.l.] : European Space Agency | 2016

The overall objective of the study is to undertake an exhaustive assessment of the socio-economic impacts of ESA participation to the ISS programme. The study comprises an evaluation of the economic (GDP) impact (direct, indirect and induced) as[...]

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Copernicus market report

[S.l.] : European Union | 2016

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Economic development of low Earth orbit

Patrick Besha, Editor ; Alexander MacDonald, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | 2016

This collection of papers identifies a number of important policy questions that will be of rising importance as NASA transitions human spaceflight in LEO to the private sector, as well as a number of economic analysis methods for addressing tho[...]

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Final report on the space economy 2016 : executive summary

[S.l.] : European Space Agency | 2016

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The future of human space exploration

Giovanni Fabrizio Bignami, Author ; Andrea Sommariva, Author | New York : Palgrave Macmillan | 2016

For several decades it has been widely accepted that human space exploration is the exclusive domain of government agencies. The cost of performing such missions, estimated in multiple reports to amount to hundreds of billions dollars over decad[...]

Space for the 21st Century : discovery, innovation, sustainability

Michael Simpson, Editor ; Ray A. Williamson, Editor ; Langdon Morris, Editor | North Charleston (United States) : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Aerospace Technology Working Group | 2016

It deals principally with the topic of sustainability of space operations. In all fields of challenging endeavor actually accomplishing an objective (e.g., putting a satellite into orbit) comes first, followed by exploitation or commercializati[...]

The space report 2016 : the authoritative guide to global space activity

Space Foundation, Author | [S.l.] : Space Foundation | 2016

This report gives an overview of major global space developments over the past year. Valuable to space professionals, students, policy-makers, researchers and the media, it includes highlights from all space sectors, from defense to exploration,[...]

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Start-up space : rising investment in commercial space ventures

Alexandria (Virginia, United States) : The Tauri Group | 2016

Start-Up Space examines space investment in the 21st century and analyzes investment trends, focusing on investors in new companies that have acquired private financing. It reports on investment in start-up space ventures, defined as space compa[...]

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Study to examine the socioeconomic impact of Copernicus in the EU : Report on the Copernicus downstream sector and user benefits

[S.l.] : European Union | 2016

Following the assessment of the Copernicus programme’s impacts on the upstream segment, this study aims at characterizing the benefits of and the barriers to the Earth Observation (EO) downstream and end user markets in Europe, in order to ident[...]

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Under pressure : the past, present, and future market for spacesuits

Chad Anderson, Author | [S.l.] : Space Angels network | 2016

With the proliferation of new in-space destinations coming online (Bigelow BA330, Axiom, ROS, Tiangong, cis-lunar, lunar surface, Mars surface) and new crewed launch vehicles (SpaceX Dragon, Boeing Starliner, Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo, Blue O[...]

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2015 commercial space transportation forecasts

Federal Aviation Administration (United States), Issuing body ; Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee (COMSTAC) (United States), Issuing body | United States : Federal Aviation Administration | 2015

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