Financing the New Space Industry

Breaking Free of Gravity and Government Support

AvHoward E. McCurdy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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This Palgrave Pivot investigates the efforts of five aerospace companies—SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Orbital Sciences, and the Boeing Company—to launch their entry into the field of commercial space transportation. Can private sector firms raise enough capital to end the usual dependence on government funding? What can historical examples of other large-scale transportation initiatives, such as the first transcontinental railway and the first commercial jetliner, teach us about the prospects of commercial space flight? As Howard E. McCurdy shows, commercializing space is a great experiment, the outcome of which will depend on whether new space entrepreneurs can attract support from a variety of traditional and nontraditional sources.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-11-20
Mått:148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt:350 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
Antal sidor:122
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030322915

Utforska kategorier

Ekonomisk historia inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Finansiering inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Howard E. McCurdy is Professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C.

Innehållsförteckning

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.