Introduction to the Spaceport Industry - Runways to Space

Through case and event studies, research and analysis, along with information obtained through professional experience, this book provides an overview of the many benefits, unique challenges, and issues facing commercial spaceports and spaceport operators.

List of contents

1 Spaceports: Definitions, History, and Policy 2 Commercial Space Activities and Civil Airspace 3 Launch Vehicles, Propulsion Systems and Payloads: The Underpinnings of Spaceport Infrastructure 4 Spaceport Infrastructure and Operations 5 Spaceport Business and Financial Management 6 Impacts of Spaceports on the Economy, Aviation, Community, and Environment 7 Spaceport Licensing and Planning 8 Future of Commercial Spaceports

About the author

Janet K. Tinoco, Ph.D., is a systems engineer and Professor of Management and Marketing at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, David B. O’Maley College of Business in Daytona Beach, FL, U.S.
Chunyan Yu, Ph.D., is Professor of Air Transport Management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, David B. O’Maley College of Business in Daytona Beach, FL, U.S.
Diane Howard, Ph.D., is a non-resident scholar at University of Texas – Austin’s Strauss Center for International and Security Studies and Adjunct Professor in its School of Law.
Ruth E. Stilwell, Ph.D., is currently serving as a non-resident scholar to the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University. She is also the Executive Director of Aerospace Policy Solutions LLC, and adjunct faculty at Norwich University, VT, U.S.

Summary

Through case and event studies, research and analysis, along with information obtained through professional experience, this book provides an overview of the many benefits, unique challenges, and issues facing commercial spaceports and spaceport operators.

Additional text

"With spaceports offering the potential to be thriving commercial ecosystems into the future, this very timely book provides a comprehensive coverage of the emerging commercial spaceport industry" — Louis Brennan, Trinity Business School, Ireland

Product details

• Authors: Diane Howard, Howard Diane, Ruth E. Stilwell, Janet K. Tinoco, Janet K. Yu Tinoco, Chunyan Yu, Yu Chunyan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780815348870
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-4887-0
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Business & Economics / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / Commercial, International business, environmental science, engineering & technology, business strategy, Transport industries, Space Science, Engineering: general, Aerospace & aviation technology, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Aerospace & Air Transport Industries, Aerospace and aviation technology