Space Commerce /

Space Commerce relates the story of private enterprise's unsteady rise to prominence as a major influence on world space policy and research. The first space race proved the technological and military prowess of the two superpowers; but since the 1970s that contest has been supplanted by a mult...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: McLucas, John L. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Clarke, Arthur C. (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Edición:Reprint 2014
Colección:Frontiers of Space ; 3
Temas:
Artificial satellites in telecommunication.
Elektronikindustrie.
Kommerzialisierung.
Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie.
Satellit.
Space industrialization.
Weltraum.
Wirtschaft.
Artificial satellites in telecommunication > United States.
SCIENCE / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Space industrialization > United States.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. THE EARLY YEARS OF SPACE-BASED COMMUNICATION
  • 2. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES
  • 3. DOMESTIC COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES
  • 4. SPACECRAFT LAUNCHES
  • 5. REMOTE SENSING
  • 6. NAVIGATION
  • 7. HABITATIONS IN SPACE
  • 8. MATERIALS PROCESSING
  • 9. FINANCING PROJECTS IN SPACE
  • SOURCE NOTES
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INDEX

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