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Space Capitalism How Humans will Colonize Planets, Moons, and Asteroids
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Space Capitalism [electronic resource] : How Humans will Colonize Planets, Moons, and Asteroids / by Peter Lothian Nelson, Walter E. Block.
ISBN
9783319746517
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Physical Description
XVII, 317 p. 2 illus : online resource.
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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 book.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 01, 2018
Series
Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism
Contents
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. Conclusion.
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