Commercial Space Exploration - Potential Contributions of Private Actors to Space Exploration Programmes

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. 

Product details

• Authors: Clelia Iacomino
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.05.2019
• EAN: 9783030157500
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3015750-0
• No. of pages: 95
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 10 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 184 g
• Illustrations: XV, 95 p.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology; SpringerBriefs from the European Space Policy Institute
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; C, Economic Policy, Political Science, Economics, International Law, Political science & theory, Law and Criminology, Research & development management, Law of the Sea, Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, R & D/Technology Policy