Overview
- Offers a comprehensive overview of current space exploration in terms of geopolitical and commercial aspects
- Shares a respected space policy expert’s views on complex trends
- Presents an extensive compilation of data and information
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs from the European Space Policy Institute (BRIEFSESPI)
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About this book
This book offers a comprehensive overview of current space exploration in terms of geopolitical and commercial aspects. Despite multiple attempts to foster commercial activities in the field of space exploration, for decades the domain largely continued to be funded and led by governments in the form of national and international programmes. However, the situation changed with the retirement of the Space Shuttle and the introduction of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) programme, which employed an innovative procurement scheme based on competitive, performance-based, fixed-price milestones. The success of this programme marked an important milestone in the evolution of the relationship between government and industry. The growing opportunities for private actors to make more prominent contributions to space exploration also lie in the “New Space” ecosystem, a sectoral transformation characterised by a substantial increase in private investment and the emergence of commercial efforts to develop disruptive concepts and address new markets.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Commercial Space Exploration
Book Subtitle: Potential Contributions of Private Actors to Space Exploration Programmes
Authors: Clelia Iacomino
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15751-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-15750-0Published: 24 May 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-15751-7Published: 22 May 2019
Series ISSN: 2191-530X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 95
Topics: Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, R & D/Technology Policy, Political Science