The New Gold Rush The Riches of Space Beckon!
This book captures the most exciting advances in the harnessing of space as a global resource. The authors track the growing number of space businesses and opportunities for investors, and the many possible benefits of spaceplanes, space stations and
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NEW RUSH GOLD THE
THE RICHES OF SPACE BECKON!
The New Gold Rush
Joseph N. Pelton
The New Gold Rush The Riches of Space Beckon!
Joseph N. Pelton Executive Board, International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety Arlington, VA, USA
ISBN 978-3-319-39272-1 ISBN 978-3-319-39273-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-39273-8
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This book is dedicated to all of the young people who aspire to be involved in the gold rush in the skies, who are now studying outer space around the world. These include students at the International Space University of Strasbourg, France, the McGill University Centre for Research in Air and Space Law in Montreal, Canada, the Leuven Centre for Global Space Governance in Belgium, the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University, the University of Capetown in South Africa, and the many other universities and institutes offering courses in space policy and law, space transportation, and space science and applications.
Preface
This book grew out of something called the Montreal Declaration. This short declaration was unanimously adopted by an international group of about a hundred space scientists, engineers, and lawyers concerned with the future development and governance of outer space in a time of some entrepreneurial innovation, global change, and some would even say turmoil. It called for an interdisciplinary investigation of all of the elements of change in the world of satellite applications and space exploration in order to assess what was new and revolutionary on the space horizon and what new forms of governance might be needed. This was not an attempt to rej
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