This Palgrave Pivot investigates the efforts of five aerospace companies—Space X, 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 ...
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1. Introduction: The View from the Mezzanine in Kent, Washington.- 2. The Dream of Commercial Space Flight.- 3. Financing Privately Developed Transportation Schemes: Prec...
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Howard E. Mc Curdy is Professor in the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, D.C.