1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781244403321

Autore

Dubbs Chris

Titolo

Realizing tomorrow [[electronic resource] ] : the path to private spaceflight / / Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom ; Foreword by Charles D. Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2011

ISBN

1-283-14637-1

9786613146373

0-8032-3527-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Collana

Outward odyssey

Altri autori (Persone)

Paat-DahlstromEmeline

Disciplina

629.4/1

Soggetti

Space flights

Space tourism

Space industrialization

Outer space Civilian use

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The entire population of the earth in orbit -- The birth of private rocket companies -- Private citizens get their chance in space -- Russia commercializes space -- Citizen explorers -- The quest for a reusable spaceship -- The ansari x prize launches an industry -- Private manned spaceflight makes history -- Space tourism goes mainstream -- It takes more than a spaceship to build an industry.

Sommario/riassunto

Engaging account of the people and events who have shaped the development of private spaceflight



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970836903321

Autore

Zimmerman Joseph Francis <1928-2022.>

Titolo

Interstate cooperation : compacts and administrative agreements / / Joseph F. Zimmerman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024

ISBN

9798400671821

9786610423002

9781280423000

1280423005

9780313012600

0313012601

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

342.73/042

Soggetti

Interstate agreements - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Interstate Comity; 2. The Constitution and Interstate Governance; 3. The Compacting Process; 4. Compact Commissions; 5. Interstate Compacts Sans Commissions; 6. Formal and Informal Administrative Agreements; 7. Interstate Cooperation: An Assessment; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text places in perspective the important roles played by interstate compacts and interstate administrative agreements in the governance systems of the US. Compacts are identified and classified by type, and particular emphasis is placed on federal governmental promotion of compacts.