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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299632303321

Titolo

Deep Space Commodities : Exploration, Production and Trading / / edited by Tom James

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319903033

3319903039

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XI, 203 p. 8 illus.)

Disciplina

338.0919

Soggetti

Financial services industry

Financial Services

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Deep Space Commodities and the New Space Economy -- 2. A New Space Race -- 3. Launching from Earth: The Science Behind Space Law and Technological Developments -- 4. Humans Versus Machine: Who Will Mine Space? -- 5. Scouting for Resources -- 6. Asteroid Mining Concepts -- 7. Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment Mission (AIDA): Space Mining Concepts -- 8. A Briefing on the Legal and Geopolitical Facets of Space Resources -- 9. The Problems with an International Legal Framework for Asteroid Mining -- 10. Potential Issues for Interplanetary and Interstellar Trade -- 11. Astropolitics and International Relations -- 12. The Economic Viability of Mars Colonization.

Sommario/riassunto

Welcome to the new space economy... Space is open for business! The dawn of a new space race led by private sector entrepreneurs is upon us thanks to the USA Space Act 2015 and technology advances like SpaceX rockets, which have greatly reduced the cost of space flight. For the first time in history, the advances in both technical and legal infrastructure have opened up exciting opportunities that are already driving the commercial exploration of deep space commodities, Space tourism with Virgin Galactic, and the serious planning for the colonisation of our Moon and Mars. Tom James, a leading commodity and energy market practitioner and author, has brought together top



professionals in academia, astropolitics, space engineering, and space law to explore the exciting opportunities and challenges businesses face in the new off-planet economy. With quadrillions of dollars of mineral wealth and frozen water within our reach, the stakes may be high, but so arethe rewards. So pack your bags, fasten your oxygen mask and let's get ready to boldly take business where business has not gone before...