Financing the New Space Industry Breaking Free of Gravity and Govern
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
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Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology Series Editors James Rodger Fleming Colby College Waterville, ME, USA Roger D. Launius Auburn, AL, USA
Designed to bridge the gap between the history of science and the history of technology, this series publishes the best new work by promising and accomplished authors in both areas. In particular, it offers historical perspectives on issues of current and ongoing concern, provides international and global perspectives on scientific issues, and encourages productive communication between historians and practicing scientists. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14581
Howard E. McCurdy
Financing the New Space Industry Breaking Free of Gravity and Government Support
Howard E. McCurdy American University Washington, DC, USA
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This publication was supported by a NASA cooperative agreement number NNX16AH52G during the 2016–2017 academic year, part of a five-year solicitation by NASA’s Emerging Space Office to support research on the rapidly evolving commercial space sector and the public-private partnerships it entails. In preparing the original report, the author was assisted by Kristen Truong, Jack Kiraly and Robert B. Collom, all graduate research assistants in the School of Public Affairs at Americ
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