Financing the New Space Industry: Breaking Free of Gravity and Government Support

by Howard E. McCurdy

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030322912
• ISBN13: 9783030322915
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"