Overview
- Presents a 5-phase roadmap for creating infrastructure and other profitable commercial ventures in space
- Addresses social, political, environmental, economic, and legal developments of industrial space activities
- Offers a long-term, global, strategic perspective of the developing commercial space marketplace
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Table of contents (33 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part III
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Front Matter
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Keywords
- Business models in space
- Econmics of space colonization
- Privatized space
- Space mining
- Space venture activities
- Space-based manufacturing
- Industrial space economy
- Space-related enterprises
- Private space sector
- Power politics in space
- Business case for space
- New space frontier
- Space settlement
- Space policy
About this book
• What is the new industrial space economy?
• What are the challenges and roadblocks on the way to a robust space economy?
• How will the rapid growth of the new space economy impact commerce back on Earth?
• How can one best invest in profitable space-related enterprises?
The Cosmos Economy is for readers who hope to be better equipped and more informed about the new space economy; and Investors, entrepreneurs, and futurists who wants to learn how to take part in the business opportunities of the new high frontier of commercial space.
Reviews
“Markets have always had boundaries – until now! The Cosmos Economy shares why this truly global and multidisciplinary marketplace will transform how everyone works and lives in the 21st Century and beyond. Jack Gregg offers the primer to understanding how commerce, investment and entrepreneurship will be changed by the final frontier.” (Shelli Brunswick, COO, The Space Foundation)
“If you have heard about the recent revolution in the space sector but want to know more … this book is an excellent place to start. Gregg brings both analysis and creativity to his subject, providing a roadmap for the development of the space economy and answers to some of the most-asked questions from skeptics and enthusiasts alike. You will be inspired by the future he projects, and…spread that inspiration to others.” (Prof. Matthew Weinzeirl, the Joseph and Jacqueline Elbling Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School)
“Dr. Jack Gregg has made a substantial contribution to our thinking about the space economy with this volume. He nicely captures the rapidly changing roles of government and industry, including how commercial business practices are increasing the speed and efficiency of new space missions … This book is an important volume for everyone concerned with the future of space exploration and space commerce, including the many opportunities they will create on Earth.” (Kevin M. O'Connell, Director, Office of Space Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce)
“The real Space Age has finally arrived. That's the message of The Cosmos Economy, a deeply-researched, highly-readable and very engaging look at the business promise of the final frontier … This is a book about opportunities. It's as fine a guide to these as I have ever seen.” (Mat Kaplan, Host and Producer, The Planetary Society / Planetary Radio)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jack Gregg is currently Adjunct Professor at Whittier College (USA). He served as Executive Director of California Space Authority (USA), a space industry advocacy organization. Dr. Gregg has also designed, launched, and managed top-ranked MBA programs at four prominent universities and has consulted with public and private organizations on strategic professional development and organizational change.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Cosmos Economy
Book Subtitle: The Industrialization of Space
Authors: Jack Gregg
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62569-6
Publisher: Copernicus Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-62568-9Published: 18 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-62569-6Published: 17 May 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 313
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Business and Management, R & D/Technology Policy, Start-Ups/Venture Capital, Popular Science in Astronomy