LEADER 03644nam 22006975 450 001 9910484027603321 005 20250609112044.0 010 $a9783030322922 010 $a3030322920 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-32292-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000009836391 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5975972 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-32292-2 035 $a(Perlego)3491738 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5975521 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009836391 100 $a20191109d2019 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFinancing the New Space Industry $eBreaking Free of Gravity and Government Support /$fby Howard E. McCurdy 205 $a1st ed. 2019. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Pivot,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 122 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology,$x2730-9738 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9783030322915 311 08$a3030322912 327 $a1. Introduction: The View from the Mezzanine in Kent, Washington -- 2. The Dream of Commercial Space Flight -- 3. Financing Privately Developed Transportation Schemes: Precedents from the First Transcontinental Railroad -- 4. How Corporate Executives Approach Business Decisions: Financial Planning for the Boeing 707 Jetliner -- 5. Five Case Studies -- 6. Boeing: Pairing Commercial Work with Government Contracts to Reduce Risk -- 7. SpaceX: Leveraging Government Support to Raise Private Capital -- 8. Blue Origin: The Entrepreneur as Philanthropist -- 9. Virgin Galactic: Promoters and Prizes -- 10. Orbital Sciences: The Challenge of Breaking Away from Government Contracts as a Source of Revenue Flow -- 11. Other Methods of Government Support -- 12. Reflections and Summary. . 330 $aThis Palgrave Pivot investigates the efforts of five aerospace companies-SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Orbital Sciences, and the Boeing Company-to launch their entry into the field of commercial space transportation. Can private sector firms raise enough capital to end the usual dependence on government funding? What can historical examples of other large-scale transportation initiatives, such as the first transcontinental railway and the first commercial jetliner, teach us about the prospects of commercial space flight? As Howard E. McCurdy shows, commercializing space is a great experiment, the outcome of which will depend on whether new space entrepreneurs can attract support from a variety of traditional and nontraditional sources. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology,$x2730-9738 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aUnited States$xHistory 606 $aFinance 606 $aHistory 606 $aSolar system 606 $aHistory of Science 606 $aUS History 606 $aFinancial History 606 $aSpace Physics 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 0$aUnited States$xHistory. 615 0$aFinance. 615 0$aHistory. 615 0$aSolar system. 615 14$aHistory of Science. 615 24$aUS History. 615 24$aFinancial History. 615 24$aSpace Physics. 676 $a338.0919 676 $a338.476291 700 $aMcCurdy$b Howard E.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$00 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910484027603321 996 $aFinancing the New Space Industry$92844264 997 $aUNINA