Deep space commodities : exploration, production and trading /

Welcome to the new space economy ... Space is open for business! The dawn of a new space race led by private sector entrepreneurs is upon us thanks to the USA Space Act 2015 and technology advances like SpaceX rockets, which have greatly reduced the cost of space flight. For the first time in histor...

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Group Author: James, Tom
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham, Switzerland :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Welcome to the new space economy ... Space is open for business! The dawn of a new space race led by private sector entrepreneurs is upon us thanks to the USA Space Act 2015 and technology advances like SpaceX rockets, which have greatly reduced the cost of space flight. For the first time in history, the advances in both technical and legal infrastructure have opened up exciting opportunities that are already driving the commercial exploration of deep space commodities, Space tourism with Virgin Galactic, and the serious planning for the colonisation of our Moon and Mars. Tom James, a leadi
Carrier Form: xi, 203 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783319903026
3319903020
Index Number: HD9711
CLC: D999.1
F416.5
Call Number: F416.5/D311
Contents: Deep space commodities and the new space economy -- A new space race -- Launching from earth : the science behind space law and technological developments -- Human versus machine : who will mine space? -- Scouting for resources -- Asteroid mining concepts -- Asteroid impact and deflection assessment mission (AIDA) : space mining concepts -- A briefing on the legal and geopolitical facets of space resources -- The problems with an international legal framework for asteroid mining -- Potential issues for interplanetary and interstellar trade -- Astropolitics and international relations -- The