Financing the New Space Industry
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-32291-5 (ISBN)
Howard E. McCurdy is Professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C.
1. Introduction: The View from the Mezzanine in Kent, Washington.- 2. The Dream of Commercial Space Flight.- 3. Financing Privately Developed Transportation Schemes: Precedents from the First Transcontinental Railroad.- 4. How Corporate Executives Approach Business Decisions: Financial Planning for the Boeing 707 Jetliner.- 5. Five Case Studies.- 6. Boeing: Pairing Commercial Work with Government Contracts to Reduce Risk.- 7. SpaceX: Leveraging Government Support to Raise Private Capital.- 8. Blue Origin: The Entrepreneur as Philanthropist.- 9. Virgin Galactic: Promoters and Prizes.- 10. Orbital Sciences: The Challenge of Breaking Away from Government Contracts as a Source of Revenue Flow.- 11. Other Methods of Government Support.- 12. Reflections and Summary.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 22.11.2019 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology |
| Zusatzinfo | X, 122 p. 6 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 371 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften |
| Schlagworte | astronautics • Blue Origin • Boeing Company • Commercial Space Transportation • Nasa • new space investment • Orbital Sciences • Public-private Partnerships • space exploration • SpaceX • virgin galactic |
| ISBN-10 | 3-030-32291-2 / 3030322912 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-030-32291-5 / 9783030322915 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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