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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.
- Space industrialization--Law and legislation--United States.
- Space industrialization--Law and legislation.
- Space industrialization--International cooperation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (290 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Space deals with the issues involved in opening space to private travel and more commercial ventures.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Introduction: The Coming Commercial Frontier in Space; Part One: The History of Space Flight and NASA; 1. The Future of Space Policy; 2. When Will We See a Golden Age of Space Flight; 3. The Arrival of Tomorrow: NASA in the 21st Century; Part Two: Barriers to Space Enterprise; 4. Is This Any Way to Run Space Transportation; 5. Barriers to Space Enterprise; 6. The Legal Regime for Private Activities in Outer Space; 7. Proposal for a Multilateral Treaty Regarding Jurisdiction and Real Property Rights in Outer Space; Part Three: Private Space Efforts
- 8. Structure of the Space Market: Public and Private Space Efforts9. Private Possibilities in Space; 10. Space Commerce: An Entrepreneur's Angle; 11. Expanding the Dream of Human Space Flight; 12. Changing the Space Paradigm: Space Tourism and the Future of Space Travel; Part Four: Privatizing Space; 13. The Legislative Challenge in Space Transportation Financing; 14. Zero Gravity, Zero Tax; 15. International Space Station Alpha: A Building in Space; 16. Toward a Unified Theory of Space Property Rights: Sometimes the Best Way to Predict the Weather Is to Look Outside; Contributors; Index
- Cato Institute
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-933995-56-4
- 1-281-90563-1
- 9786611905637
- 1-59734-062-6
- OCLC:
- 643097314
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