Space Capitalism: How Humans Will Colonize Planets, Moons, and Asteroids

By Walter E. Block and Peter Lothian Nelson

Book Overview

1. Privatize Space Travel!.2. Man's Inhumanity to Man.3. Why privatize anything?.4. Why Privatize Space Travel and Colonization?.5. Ownership Concepts.6.The Moon.7. The Inner Planets and Extra-terrestrial Moons.8. Gas Giants.9. Asteroids, Comets, and Other non-Planetary Objects.10. Space boondoggles: NASA, STEM subsidies.11. Public Goods: Basic Research and Terraforming.12. Space Law.13. Timing.14. Who Are the Libertarians in the Space Initiative?.15. Space Oriented Writers.16. Conclusion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319746502
• ISBN13: 9783319746500
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"