Book ID: CBB522949593

The Long Space Age: The Economic Origins of Space Exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War (2017)

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Alexander MacDonald (Author)


Yale University Press


Publication Date: 2017
Physical Details: 272 pages
Language: English

An economic historian argues that privately funded space exploration is not a new development, but a trend beginning with the astronomical observatories of the nineteenth century  Over the last half-century there has been a rapid expansion in commerce off the surface of our planet. Nations and corporations have placed hundreds of satellites that provide billions of dollars’ worth of communications, scientific, global positioning, and commercial services, while construction has been completed on humanity’s ninth and largest space station. On the planet itself, government agencies, corporations, and individuals plan for the expansion of economic development to the lunar surface, asteroids, and Mars. The future of space exploration seems likely to include a mix of large government funded missions as well as independent private-sector missions.The Long Space Age examines the economic history of American space exploration and spaceflight, from early astronomical observatories to the International Space Station, and argues that the contemporary rise of private-sector efforts is the re-emergence of a long-run trend not a new phenomenon.

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Review Matthew H. Hersch (2018) Review of "The Long Space Age: The Economic Origins of Space Exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War". American Historical Review (pp. 239-240). unapi

Review Thomas C. Lassman (April 2018) Review of "The Long Space Age: The Economic Origins of Space Exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War". Technology and Culture (pp. 484-485). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Launius, Roger D.
Determann, Jörg Matthias
Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Zimmermann, Robert
Worden, Al
Wagener, Leon
Concepts
Space travel; space flight
Space programs
Space research and exploration
Astronautics
Science and politics
Space shuttle
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century
19th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Middle and Near East
Germany
Institutions
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project Apollo (NASA)
United States Space Force (USSF)
United States. Department of Defense
United States Air Force (USAF)
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