Commercial space business opportunities are beginning to take off, and Young addresses the impressive expansion across existing and developing markets, with multiple private companies competing in the payload launch services sector. The array of growing businesses and technological leaps is fully explored in this concise overview to the field. NASA now relies on commercial partners to supply cargo and crew spacecraft and services to and from the International Space Station. The sizes of satellites are diminishing and their capabilities expanding, while costs to orbit are decreasing. Suborbital space tourism holds the potential of new industries and jobs. Commercial space exploration of the Moon and the planets also holds promise. All this activity is a catalyst for anyone interested in joining the developing space industry--students, engineers, researchers, entrepeneurs.
- ISBN: 978-3-319-18928-4
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Fecha Publicación: 29/07/2015
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés