Overview
- Compares new space investment strategies to earlier ambitious projects from the history of transportation
- Examines the challenges of attracting financial support from an appropriate mix of traditional investors, government agencies, and motivated individuals
- Appeals to scholars, students, and practitioners interested in space exploration, the history of science and technology, entrepreneurship and innovation, astronautics, finance, and public-private partnerships
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology (PSHST)
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Book Title: Financing the New Space Industry
Book Subtitle: Breaking Free of Gravity and Government Support
Authors: Howard E. McCurdy
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32292-2
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-32291-5Published: 20 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-32292-2Published: 09 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2730-972X
Series E-ISSN: 2730-9738
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 122
Number of Illustrations: 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Science, US History, Financial History, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)