Andrew May
Space Business: From Hotels in Orbit to Mining the Moon - How Private Enterprise is Transforming Space
Space Business: From Hotels in Orbit to Mining the Moon - How Private Enterprise is Transforming Space
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Space exploration is opening up opportunities for tourism and commerce, with private companies exploiting space via communication satellites and billionaire entrepreneurs making space travel a possibility for ordinary people. Other companies plan to mine the Moon for helium-3 and asteroids for precious metals.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 07 October 2021
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
The exploration of space in the 20th century was primarily driven by government-funded organizations like NASA, but a parallel narrative has laid the foundation for the future.
Even before the historic Apollo 11 moon landing, private companies were already capitalizing on space through the deployment of communication satellites. This sector is experiencing remarkable growth in the digital age.
In the realm of human spaceflight, commercialization is also making its mark. Prominent figures such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson have long envisioned making space travel accessible to the general public, and their ideas are gradually becoming a reality.
Concurrently, other companies are focused on exploring the moon for helium-3 and asteroids rich in precious metals.
Science writer Andrew May delves into the captivating and intricate story of our ambitious endeavor to commercialize the final frontier, encompassing both remarkable successes and tragic failures.
Weight: 192g
Dimension: 129 x 196 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781785787454
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