Financing the New Space Industry : Breaking Free of Gravity and Government Support /: Breaking Free of Gravity and Government Support. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Howard E. McCurdy.
• Authors: McCurdy, Howard E
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Pivot
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (122 pages)
• Subjects: History; Space sciences; History -- United States -- General; Business & Economics -- Economic History; Science -- Astrophysics & Space Science; History of the Americas; Finance; Astronautics; Science -- History; History of science; United States--History; Finance--History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030322922
• Related ISBNs: 9783030322915
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.