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Space : the free-market frontier / edited by Edward L. Hudgins.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Space industrialization--United States.
- Space industrialization.
- Free trade--United States.
- Free trade.
- International cooperation.
- United States.
- Space industrialization--Law and legislation--United States.
- Space industrialization--Law and legislation.
- Space industrialization--International cooperation.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvi, 259 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, [2002]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Space deals with the issues involved in opening space to private travel and more commercial ventures.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Coming Commercial Frontier in Space / Edward L. Hudgins ix
- Part 1 The History of Space Flight and NASA
- 1. The Future of Space Policy / Former Rep. Bob Walker 3
- 2. When Will We See a Golden Age of Space Flight? / Gregg Maryniak 11
- 3. The Arrival of Tomorrow: NASA in the 21st Century / Liam P. Sarsfield 29
- Part 2 Barriers to Space Enterprise
- 4. Is This Any Way to Run Space Transportation? / Robert W. Poole Jr. 53
- 5. Barriers to Space Enterprise / David M. Livingston 67
- 6. The Legal Regime for Private Activities in Outer Space / Wayne White 83
- 7. Proposal for a Multilateral Treaty Regarding Jurisdiction and Real Property Rights in Outer Space / Wayne White 113
- Part 3 Private Space Efforts
- 8. Structure of the Space Market: Public and Private Space Efforts / Tidal W. McCoy 127
- 9. Private Possibilities in Space / John Higginbotham 145
- 10. Space Commerce: An Entrepreneur's Angle / Doris Hamill, Philip Mongan, Michael Kearney 151
- 11. Expanding the Dream of Human Space Flight / Dennis A. Tito 167
- 12. Changing the Space Paradigm: Space Tourism and the Future of Space Travel / Buzz Aldrin, Ron Jones 177
- Part 4 Privatizing Space
- 13. The Legislative Challenge in Space Transportation Financing / Marc Schlather 195
- 14. Zero Gravity, Zero Tax / Rep. Dana Rohrabacher 213
- 15. International Space Station Alpha: A Building in Space / James Muncy, Rick N. Tumlinson, Bob Werb 215
- 16. Toward a Unified Theory of Space Property Rights: Sometimes the Best Way to Predict the Weather Is to Look Outside / James E. Dunstan 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- ISBN:
- 231610
- OCLC:
- 643097314
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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