TY  - GEN
T1  - The long space age : the economic origins of space exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War
A1  - MacDonald, Alexander C.
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2017
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn980347634
AB  - An economic historian argues that privately funded space exploration is not a new development, but a trend beginning with the astronomical observatories of the nineteenth century Over the last half-century there has been a rapid expansion in commerce off the surface of our planet. Nations and corporations have placed hundreds of satellites that provide billions of dollars' worth of communications, scientific, global positioning, and commercial services, while construction has been completed on humanity's ninth and largest space station. On the planet itself, government agencies, corporations, and individuals plan for the expansion of economic development to the lunar surface, asteroids, and Mars. The future of space exploration seems likely to include a mix of large government funded missions as well as independent private-sector missions. 'The Long Space Age' examines the economic history of American space exploration and spaceflight, from early astronomical observatories to the International Space Station, and argues that the contemporary rise of private-sector efforts is the re-emergence of a long-run trend not a new phenomenon.
OP  - 258
CN  - TL521.312 .M33 2017eb
SN  - 9780300227888
SN  - 0300227884
SN  - 9780300219326
SN  - 0300219326
KW  - United States. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration : History.
KW  - United States. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration
KW  - Manned space flight : Economic aspects.
KW  - Astronautics : United States : History.
KW  - Astronautics and civilization.
KW  - Astronautics : Economic aspects.
KW  - Space tourism.
KW  - Cold War : Economic aspects : United States.
KW  - Outer space : Exploration : Economic aspects : United States.
KW  - United States : History : 20th century.
KW  - Vol spatial habité : Aspect économique.
KW  - Astronautique : États-Unis : Histoire.
KW  - Astronautique et civilisation.
KW  - Tourisme spatial.
KW  - Guerre froide : Aspect économique : États-Unis.
KW  - États-Unis : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Astronautique : Aspect économique.
KW  - Espace extra-atmosphérique : Exploration : Aspect économique : États-Unis.
KW  - HISTORY : Civilization.
KW  - HISTORY : Essays.
KW  - HISTORY : Reference.
KW  - HISTORY : Social History.
KW  - Astronautics
KW  - Astronautics and civilization
KW  - Economics
KW  - Space tourism
KW  - United States
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - History
ER  -