The Future of Human Space Exploration

For several decades it has been widely accepted that human space exploration is the exclusive domain of government agencies. The cost of performing such missions, estimated in multiple reports to amount to hundreds of billions dollars over decades, was far beyond what private entities could afford....

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bignami, Giovanni, Sommariva, Andrea (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Palgrave Macmillan 2016, 2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02877nmm a2200409 u 4500
001 EB001268259
003 EBX01000000000000000882901
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 161125 ||| eng
020 |a 9781137526588 
100 1 |a Bignami, Giovanni 
245 0 0 |a The Future of Human Space Exploration  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c by Giovanni Bignami, Andrea Sommariva 
250 |a 1st ed. 2016 
260 |a London  |b Palgrave Macmillan  |c 2016, 2016 
300 |a XII, 205 p. 15 illus., 12 illus. in color  |b online resource 
505 0 |a Introduction -- Chapter 1. Stepping Out of the Cradle: The Exploration of the Solar System from the 1950s to Today -- Chapter 2. Human Space Exploration in the 'Deep Space Proving Grounds' -- Chapter 3. The Great Leap out of the Cradle: The Human Exploration of Our Solar System -- Chapter 4. The Ultimate Challenge: The Exploration and Colonization of Extrasolar Planets -- Chapter 5. The Uncertainties 
653 |a Aerospace Technology and Astronautics 
653 |a Astronautics 
653 |a Private International Law, International and Foreign Law, Comparative Law 
653 |a Aerospace engineering 
653 |a Physics and Astronomy 
653 |a International law 
653 |a Sociology 
653 |a Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences 
653 |a Physics 
653 |a Conflict of laws 
653 |a Astronomy 
653 |a Comparative law 
653 |a Private international law 
700 1 |a Sommariva, Andrea  |e [author] 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b Springer  |a Springer eBooks 2005- 
028 5 0 |a 10.1057/978-1-137-52658-8 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52658-8?nosfx=y  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 301 
520 |a For several decades it has been widely accepted that human space exploration is the exclusive domain of government agencies. The cost of performing such missions, estimated in multiple reports to amount to hundreds of billions dollars over decades, was far beyond what private entities could afford. That arrangement seems to be changing. Buoyed by the success of its program to develop commercial cargo capabilities to support the International Space Station, NASA is becoming increasingly open to working with the private sector in its human space exploration plans. The new private-public partnership will make 'planet hopping' feasible. This book analyses the move towards planet hopping, which sees human outposts moving across the planetary dimensions, from the Moon to Near-Earth Asteroids and Mars. It critically assesses the intention to exploit space resources and how successful these missions will be for humanity. This insightful and accessible book will be of great interest to scholars and students of space policy and politics, international studies, and science and technology studies