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Making Space Happen: Private Space Ventures and the Visionaries Behind Them

Name: Making Space Happen: Private Space Ventures and the Visionaries Behind Them
Author: Paula Berinstein
ISBN: 9781937289997

by Paula Berinstein, Dr. Fiorella Terenzi (Foreword by)

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Overview

Most Americans equate space exploration with NASA, but the general public is largely unaware that hundreds of passionate individuals and private organizations are working to allow ordinary people the opportunity to tour near space and to create permanent human settlements on Mars and other celestial bodies. Through a series of fascinating interviews, this book introduces the scientists, astronauts, engineers, and entrepreneurs behind the private space movement and offers a clear-eyed assessment of their prospects for success. The legal, ethical, and political challenges facing the exploitation of space resources are also explored, and issues such as environmental responsibility, safety, law enforcement, property rights, patents, and government policy are discussed.

About the Author, Paula Berinstein

Paula Berinstein is an avid amateur astronomer whose articles have appeared in Odyssey magazine. She is the author of Alternative Energy, Finding Statistics Online, and The Statistical Handbook on Technology. She lives in Los Angeles.

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From entrepreneurs planning to turn mass space travel into a money-making opportunity to a science fiction author arguing against the privatization of space, 22 people involved in the plans for the future private uses of space travel and colonization are interviewed by space industry observer Berinstein. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)