TY - BOOK ID - 78676051 TI - The long Space Age PY - 2017 SN - 0300227884 9780300227888 9780300219326 0300219326 PB - New Haven DB - UniCat KW - Cold War. KW - Cold War KW - World politics KW - United States. KW - History. KW - United States KW - Outer space KW - History KW - Exploration KW - Economic aspects KW - N.A.S.A. KW - NASA KW - NASA Headquarters KW - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.) KW - Nat︠s︡ionalʹnoe upravlenie po aėronavtike i issledovanii︠u︡ kosmicheskogo prostranstva SShA KW - Astronautics KW - Manned space flight KW - Space tourism. KW - Astronautics and civilization. KW - Space sciences KW - Aeronautics KW - Astrodynamics KW - Space flight KW - Space vehicles KW - Astronauts KW - Space ships KW - Space travel KW - Tourism KW - Civilization and astronautics KW - Outer space and civilization KW - Space age KW - Space power KW - Aeronautics and civilization KW - Civilization KW - Economic aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78676051 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. ER -