Financing the New Space Industry Breaking Free of Gravity and Government Support /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: McCurdy, Howard E. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
• Θέματα: History.; United States-History.; Finance-History.; Space sciences.; History of Science.; US History.; Financial History.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

This Palgrave Pivot investigates the efforts of five aerospace companies-SpaceX, 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 o...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction: The View from the Mezzanine in Kent, Washington
• 2. The Dream of Commercial Space Flight
• 3. Financing Privately Developed Transportation Schemes: Precedents from the First Transcontinental Railroad
• 4. How Corporate Executives Approach Business Decisions: Financial Planning for the Boeing 707 Jetliner
• 5. Five Case Studies
• 6. Boeing: Pairing Commercial Work with Government Contracts to Reduce Risk
• 7. SpaceX: Leveraging Government Support to Raise Private Capital
• 8. Blue Origin: The Entrepreneur as Philanthropist
• 9. Virgin Galactic: Promoters and Prizes
• 10. Orbital Sciences: The Challenge of Breaking Away from Government Contracts as a Source of Revenue Flow
• 11. Other Methods of Government Support
• 12. Reflections and Summary. .