Overview

"Space was at the center of America's imagination in the 1960s. President John F. Kennedy's visionary statement captured the mood of the day: ""We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."" The Apollo mission's success in July 1969 made almost anything seem possible, but the Cold War made space flight the province of governmental agencies in the United States. When the Apollo program ended in 1972, space lost its hold on the public interest, as the great achievements wound down. Entrepreneurs are beginning to pick up the slack—looking for safer, more reliable, and more cost effective ways of exploring space. Entrepreneurial activity may make 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 are making significant innovations in space travel. They have plans for future tourism in space and safer shuttles. Solomon details current US and international laws dealing with space use, settlement, and exploration, and offers policy recommendations to facilitate privatization. As private enterprise takes hold, it threatens 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. These new developments have great importance, huge implications, and urgency for everyone."

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Author:   Lewis D. Solomon
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.204kg
ISBN:  

9781412847568

ISBN 10:   1412847567
Pages:   134
Publication Date:   15 November 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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It provides a very good overview of the emergence of the entrepreneurial space sector and its broad significance for the commercial space industry and NASA. It integrates several key factors that are both driving and required by these new enterprises in order to succeed. It was a pleasure to read and I commend it to any who would like a quick tour of this emerging market. --Richard Mains, Commercial Space Gateway The Privatization of Space Exploration would be a useful, short read for someone who needs background information on the history or legal aspects of private space flight.... [A] good introduction to the issues for someone with a pro-market perspective. --Timothy D. Terrell, Libertarian Papers

<p> It provides a very good overview of the emergence of the entrepreneurial space sector and its broad significance for the commercial space industry and NASA. It integrates several key factors that are both driving and required by these new enterprises in order to succeed. It was a pleasure to read and I commend it to any who would like a quick tour of this emerging market. <p> --Richard Mains, Commercial Space Gateway <p> The Privatization of Space Exploration would be a useful, short read for someone who needs background information on the history or legal aspects of private space flight.... [A] good introduction to the issues for someone with a pro-market perspective. <p> --Timothy D. Terrell, Libertarian Papers

-It provides a very good overview of the emergence of the entrepreneurial space sector and its broad significance for the commercial space industry and NASA. It integrates several key factors that are both driving and required by these new enterprises in order to succeed. It was a pleasure to read and I commend it to any who would like a quick tour of this emerging market.- --Richard Mains, Commercial Space Gateway -The Privatization of Space Exploration would be a useful, short read for someone who needs background information on the history or legal aspects of private space flight.... [A] good introduction to the issues for someone with a pro-market perspective.- --Timothy D. Terrell, Libertarian Papers It provides a very good overview of the emergence of the entrepreneurial space sector and its broad significance for the commercial space industry and NASA. It integrates several key factors that are both driving and required by these new enterprises in order to succeed. It was a pleasure to read and I commend it to any who would like a quick tour of this emerging market. --Richard Mains, Commercial Space Gateway The Privatization of Space Exploration would be a useful, short read for someone who needs background information on the history or legal aspects of private space flight.... [A] good introduction to the issues for someone with a pro-market perspective. --Timothy D. Terrell, Libertarian Papers It provides a very good overview of the emergence of the entrepreneurial space sector and its broad significance for the commercial space industry and NASA. It integrates several key factors that are both driving and required by these new enterprises in order to succeed. It was a pleasure to read and I commend it to any who would like a quick tour of this emerging market. --Richard Mains, Commercial Space Gateway The Privatization of Space Exploration would be a useful, short read for someone who needs background information on the history or legal aspects of private space flight.... [A] good introduction to the issues for someone with a pro-market perspective. --Timothy D. Terrell, Libertarian Papers It provides a very good overview of the emergence of the entrepreneurial space sector and its broad significance for the commercial space industry and NASA. It integrates several key factors that are both driving and required by these new enterprises in order to succeed. It was a pleasure to read and I commend it to any who would like a quick tour of this emerging market. --Richard Mains, Commercial Space Gateway The Privatization of Space Exploration would be a useful, short read for someone who needs background information on the history or legal aspects of private space flight.... [A] good introduction to the issues for someone with a pro-market perspective. --Timothy D. Terrell, Libertarian Papers

<p> It provides a very good overview of the emergence of the entrepreneurial space sector and its broad significance for the commercial space industry and NASA. It integrates several key factors that are both driving and required by these new enterprises in order to succeed. It was a pleasure to read and I commend it to any who would like a quick tour of this emerging market. <p> --Richard Mains, Commercial Space Gateway

Author Information

Lewis D. Solomon is Van Vleck Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School. A prolific author on legal, business, public policy, and religious topics, he has written widely in areas of social and scientific policy that deal with legal issues.

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