LEADER 04072nam 22005655 450 001 9910157474703321 005 20250729102303.0 010 $a9783319468464 010 $a3-319-46846-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-46846-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000001001425 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-46846-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4774484 035 $a(PPN)197456421 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001001425 100 $a20161231d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSpaceports around the world, a global growth industry /$fErik Seedhouse 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer,$d[2017]. 215 $a1 online resource (X, 130 pages) $c69 illustrations in color 225 1 $aSpringerBriefs in Space Development,$x2191-8171 311 1 $a3-319-46845-6 9783319468457 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Spaceports: A Primer -- Chapter 2: Spaceports: A Definition and Brief History -- Chapter 3: The Regulatory Environment -- Chapter 4: Control Centers and Airspace -- Chapter 5: Spacecraft and Launch Vehicles -- Chapter 6: Payload Processing, Testing and Integration -- Chapter 7: Passenger Training and Training Facilities -- Chapter 8: Point-to-Point Transportation -- Chapter 9: Spaceports Around the World -- Appendix I: Spaceport Functions -- Appendix II: Outer Space Treaty -- Appendix III: 420.15 Information Requirements -- Appendix IV: Current U.S. Liability Risk-Sharing Regime -- Index. 330 $aThis brief presents a concise description of the existing spaceport market, the technologies being tested and developed at them, and the private companies that are making them possible. While NASA has its own plan for the future of space exploration, one that includes a new shuttle, an interplanetary spacecraft, and astronauts going to Mars, many people believe that the real future of space exploration is currently centered around dozens of commercial spaceports, financed by entrepreneurs inspired not only by profit but by the dream of creating a new space age, one not limited by bureaucracies or by budget allocations. Commercial spaceports in Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, Virginia and Alaska, as well as in countries like Curaçao and Sweden, are becoming home to dozens of private aerospace companies and provide a place where cutting-edge technology can be developed, tested and launched into space. Based on original interviews with principles at the various companies involved and on-site observations at the Mojave Air and Space Port, the author traces the early days of the spaceport movement and outlines what lies ahead. . 410 0$aSpringerBriefs in space development$x2191-8171 606 $aLarge space structures (Astronautics) 606 $aSpace stations 606 $aAerospace Technology and Astronautics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T17050 606 $aTourism Management$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/527050 606 $aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22030 606 $aEstacions espacials$2lemac 606 $aGrans estructures espacials (Astronàutica)$2lemac 615 0$aLarge space structures (Astronautics) 615 0$aSpace stations. 615 14$aAerospace Technology and Astronautics. 615 24$aTourism Management. 615 24$aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). 615 7$aEstacions espacials 615 7$aGrans estructures espacials (Astronàutica) 676 $a629.1 700 $aSeedhouse$b Erik$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0791794 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157474703321 996 $aSpaceports Around the World, A Global Growth Industry$91835149 997 $aUNINA