What would it mean for people to make outer space better rather than worse? Earth-based intuitions about the relationship between humans and the environment often assume that humans are a source of degradation and pollution, and that the best thing humans can do is to leave the environment alone...

Are there too many satellites in Low Earth Orbit, or too few? Why not use a market mechanism such as space launch auctions or orbit auctions to answer this question? This paper contributes to the literature on outer space governance by proposing a novel method of outer space governance: orbit...

Human exploration of outer space has stimulated multiple innovations from both government and private sources. The decision to invest vast sums of money over a short period of time for the moon programs of the 1960s radically increased the level of innovation. Accomplishing this required new...

Der Bericht untersucht die rechtlichen Fragen, die sich im Kontext der mit "New Space" umschriebenen Transformation der Raumfahrt stellen. Den Ausgangspunkt bildet das internationale Weltraumrecht. Aus diesem ergibt sich die staatliche Pflicht zur Genehmigung und Beaufsichtigung...

One thriving but slipping under the radar of researchers economic sector is the space economy. The multi-billion space industries enjoy a constant increase in investment in the recent years even despite the crisis caused by COVID-19. This paper aims to trace the development of this sector, to...

In this working paper we present and discuss the main directions in the development of the outer space policy with a special focus on the relation between the European countries. The strategic importance of the outer space has been acknowledged during the Cold War and has stayed that way ever...

Space Tourism is evolving as a recent contemporary development. And at the same time, even the discipline of Space Law is also not that old and developed enough to be able to define the limits for regulating such Tourism. As such, it becomes necessary to study the impact that such Tourism can...

Virgin Galactic is the world’s first private commercial space tourism company that has received much attention from the international media, business pundits, space agencies like NASA, and the New Space sector’s emerging forces. Serial entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson entered the commercial...

This paper applies a rational action/economic sociology approach to the central organizational theory question of whether action is embedded in pre-formed institutions that are relatively cheap in terms of time and energy, or to what extent action becomes embedded in newly constructed...

The living dead (Trademarks) are among us!Taking advantage of the lack of clear statutory guidance under federal Trademark law, these Zombie Trademarks are feeding on the residual goodwill of and praying on consumer nostalgia. As the Zombie Marks virus is permitted to spread, a paralyzing...

We estimate the long-term effect of public R&D on growth in manufacturing by analyzing new data from the Cold War era Space Race. We develop a novel empirical strategy that leverages US-Soviet rivalry in space technology to isolate windfall R&D spending. Our results demonstrate that public R&D...

1. Gabo, Diaghilev and Olga Spessivtseva: The Governance of Shipping and Outer Space -- 2.Governance, Time and Space -- 3 Outer Space -- 4 Outer Space Governance and the Maritime Context -- 5.The Role of the Commons in Maritime and Outer Space -- 6.Maritime and Outer Spatial Fixation -- 7.Finally .

This essay provides a gentle introduction to the concept of time dilation and its effect on riskless fixed income returns. A no-arbitrage argument is derived which demonstrates that investors are only indifferent between investment on earth and some other place in the universe, if companies...

What do recent advances in economic geography teach us about the spatial distribution of economic activity? We show that the equilibrium distribution of economic activity can be determined simply by the intersection of labor supply and demand curves. We discuss how to estimate these curves and...

"With authoritative text and stunning photography, Space Race 2.0 traces the history of commercial space exploration from its tentative first steps in the 1990s to the incredible achievements of today and beyond."

Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine is demonstrating the new role of commercial space systems in crisis management. The improved availability of commercial satellite data and signals is contributing to the quality and resilience of government systems, with telecommunications and...

Much has changed in the space economy over the past decade, with an ever-growing number of countries and business enterprises involved in space activities. Despite progress made in the quality and availability of data, the international comparability of space economy statistics remains limited....

Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Satellite Communications -- Chapter Three: Space Launch -- Chapter Four: Remote Sensing -- Chapter Five: Environmental Monitoring -- Chapter Six: Space Domain Awareness -- Chapter Seven: Data Transmit/Receive Networks -- Chapter Eight: Space Logistics --...

The United States Congress recently passed the U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act (“CSLCA”). Title IV of the Act ultimately recognized commercial property rights in resources extracted from extraterrestrial bodies. Consequently, the passage of such legislation has once again...

"This book explores the privatization of space and its global impact on the future of commerce, peace and conflict. As space becomes more congested, contested, and competitive in the government and the private arenas, the talk around space research moves past NASA's monopoly on academic and...

Less than 20 years after its founding, SpaceX boasts the largest constellation of commercial satellites in orbit, has pioneered reusable rockets, and in 2020 became the first private company to launch human beings into orbit. Berger takes readers inside the wild early days that made SpaceX....

"This book explores the relationship between space tourism and the discourse in sustainability and futures research. It offers comprehensive information on the current understanding of the space tourism industry and assesses the possible impacts of space tourism on the environment, economics,...

"Based on four areas of focus (technology; health, education, and outer space; the contributions of technologies; future business opportunities in the upcoming generations) this book provides both an historical overview of changes in technologies and their impact on business in our lives, as well...

"Even before Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, private companies were exploiting space via communication satellites - a sector that is seeing exponential growth in the internet age. In human spaceflight, too, commercialisation is making itself felt. Billionaire entrepreneurs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos...

It is well known that the modern day technologies that drive our global society are highly dependent on the use of outer space. For example, daily activities such as sending emails, making phone calls and carrying out bank transactions cannot be done unless satellite technologies are involved....

The world is on the precipice of a new arms race in outer space, as China, Russia, the United States, and others undertake dramatic new initiatives in anti-satellite weaponry. These accelerated competitive efforts at space control are highly destabilizing, because developed societies have come...

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- The evolution of the space industry in light of economic considerations -- Innovation strategies of space firms -- Strategic diagnosis of new technologies -- Structure of the book -- 1. Theoretical...

As part of the digitalisation of the economy, satellite signals and data play an increasingly pivotal role in the efficient functioning of societies and their economic development. The recent growth in the sector has generated unprecedented levels of entrepreneurship and start-up activity....

Abstract by B. Goswami: “In the past decade India has emerged as a significant space player with its increasing and expansive space operations. India having taken international obligations under the space treaties, thus ought to confirm with the principles established thereof while carrying...

This paper examines the duties, skills and training of the technicians who work in the UK space industry. It examines how employers in the industry strive to fill technician roles, and outlines some of the problems they face in trying to do so