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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337832003321

Autore

Iacomino Clelia

Titolo

Commercial space exploration : potential contributions of private actors to space exploration programmes / / Clelia Iacomino

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2019]

�2019

ISBN

3-030-15751-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 95 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, charts

Collana

SpringerBriefs from the European Space Policy Institute, , 2523-8582

Disciplina

919.904

Soggetti

Space industrialization

Outer space

Outer space Exploration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Global space exploration landscape : strategies and programmes -- 3. The evolving role of private actors in space exploration -- 4. Commercial contributions and public-private partnerships -- 5. Towards more ambitious commercial contributions to space exploration.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a comprehensive overview of current space exploration in terms of geopolitical and commercial aspects. Despite multiple attempts to foster commercial activities in the field of space exploration, for decades the domain largely continued to be funded and led by governments in the form of national and international programmes. However, the situation changed with the retirement of the Space Shuttle and the introduction of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) programme, which employed an innovative procurement scheme based on competitive, performance-based, fixed-price milestones. The success of this programme marked an important milestone in the evolution of the relationship between government and industry. The growing opportunities for private actors to make more prominent contributions to space exploration also lie in the “New Space” ecosystem, a sectoral transformation characterised by a substantial increase in private investment and the emergence of



commercial efforts to develop disruptive concepts and address new markets. .