The Future of the Space Industry: Private Enterprise and Public Policy
The space industry is entering a new era of expanded freedom of opportunity to compete unencumbered by government agendas. This freedom carries a price. The political subsidy culture of the past is dying, so failure is not only possible, but likely for the unprepared and inefficient. For more casual observers, the overview of the currents in space commerce history will be invaluable in identifying space-related economic opportunities and will enable those more experienced in the field to...
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Challenges current thinking about the space industry. Booknews Now that the Cold War is over, a space policy and law expert looks at the changes that are coming in space commercialization. He traces the history of space commerce from the pre-Sputnik era to the 1990s and offers an optimistic analysis of the long-range prospects for successful private enterprise in space. He views problems of the public sector--such as falling budgets and heightened scrutiny of government activity--as windows of opportunity for space-industry corporations and entrepreneurs willing to break their dependency on federal subsidies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
IllustrationsList of AcronymsForewordAcknowledgmentsCh. 1Introduction: Prospects for Private Enterprise Building on the Past1Ch. 2The Dark Side of Space Enterprise25Ch. 3Recasting the Space Social Contract43Ch. 4The Failure of Privatization: The Lessons from Landsat55Ch. 5The Implications for the Internationalization of Space69Ch. 6The Implications for the U.S. Aerospace Industry83Ch. 7Reinventing NASA95Ch. 8The Commercial Development of Space: Implications and Trends111Ch. 9The Bright Side of Space Enterprise: Opportunities129Ch. 10Peering into the Future153Selected References161Index165
\ BooknewsNow that the Cold War is over, a space policy and law expert looks at the changes that are coming in space commercialization. He traces the history of space commerce from the pre-Sputnik era to the 1990s and offers an optimistic analysis of the long-range prospects for successful private enterprise in space. He views problems of the public sector--such as falling budgets and heightened scrutiny of government activity--as windows of opportunity for space-industry corporations and entrepreneurs willing to break their dependency on federal subsidies. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
