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Space Capitalism : How Humans will Colonize Planets, Moons, and Asteroids / by Peter Lothian Nelson, Walter E. Block

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism | Springer eBook Collection | SpringerLink BücherPublisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018Description: Online-Ressource (XVII, 317 p. 2 illus, online resource)ISBN:
  • 9783319746517
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: 9783319746500 | Erscheint auch als: 978-3-319-74650-0 Druck-Ausgabe | Printed edition: 9783319746500 | Erscheint auch als: Space capitalism. Druck-Ausgabe Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. xvii, 317 SeitenDDC classification:
  • 330
DOI: DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-74651-7Online resources: Summary: This book compares and contrasts the motivations, morality, and effectiveness of space exploration when pursued by private entrepreneurs as opposed to government. The authors advocate market-driven, private initiatives take the lead through enhanced competition and significant resources that can be allocated to the exploration and exploitation of outer space. Space travel and colonisation is analysed through the prism of economic freedom and laissez faire capitalism, in a unique and accessible bookSummary: 1. Privatize Space Travel! -- 2. Man’s Inhumanity to Man -- 3. Why privatize anything? -- 4. Why Privatize Space Travel and Colonization? -- 5. Ownership Concepts -- 6.The Moon -- 7. The Inner Planets and Extra-terrestrial Moons -- 8. Gas Giants -- 9. Asteroids, Comets, and Other non-Planetary Objects -- 10. Space boondoggles: NASA, STEM subsidies -- 11. Public Goods: Basic Research and Terraforming -- 12. Space Law -- 13. Timing -- 14. Who Are the Libertarians in the Space Initiative? -- 15. Space Oriented Writers -- 16. ConclusionPPN: PPN: 1028036841Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-2-ECF | ZDB-2-SEB | ZDB-2-SXEF
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