Space-Based Technologies and Commercialized Development: Economic Implications and Benefits

By Stella Tkatchova

A new era of space-based technology and interplanetary exploration will produce cost-effective solutions and innovative technologies to fulfill current societal needs. Space-Based Technologies and Commercialized Development: Economic Implications and Benefits introduces the concept of space-based technology commercialization and offers a first-time analysis of plausible opportunities. This essential reference examines the overall marketability of tourism in outer space, including business case studies on celestial solar power and space debris that demonstrate the potential of cosmic technologies in the context of interplanetary business.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 160960105X
• ISBN13: 9781609601058
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Igi Global Scientific Publishing
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.1" x 10.1"