Type de contenu : Texte
Type de médiation : sans médiation
Type de support : Volume
Titre(s) : The long space age : the economic origins of space exploration from Colonial America to the Cold War / Alexander MacDonald
Auteur(s) : MacDonald, Alexander
Publication : New Haven London : Yale University Press
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-258 p.) : jaquette ill. ; 25 cm
ISBN : 0-300-21932-6
  978-0-300-21932-6
EAN : 1157381089 rel.
Classification décimale Dewey : 629.4 23
Note sur l'exemplaire : Est joint facture
Note sur les bibliographies et les index : Notes bibliogr. en fin d'ouvrage. Index
Résumé ou extrait : 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
Sujet - Collectivité : United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration. -- History
Sujet - Nom commun : Espace extra-atmosphérique -- Exploration -- Aspect économique -- États-Unis
  Conquête de l'espace -- États-Unis -- Histoire
  Astronautics and civilization
  Astronautics -- Economic aspects
  Astronautics -- United States -- History
  Cold War -- Economic aspects -- United States
  Manned space flight -- Economic aspects
  Space tourism
Sujet - Nom géographique : Outer space -- Exploration -- Economic aspects -- United States
  United States -- History -- 20th century
Classification de la Bibliothèque du Congrès : TL789.8.U5 M23 2017
