Space-based technologies and commercialized development economic implications and benefits /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Tkatchova, Stella, 1973-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2011.
• Subjects: Space industrialization.; Benefits of space economics; Commercialization of interplanetary spacecraft technology; Competitiveness in the space industry; Emerging markets and applications; Market trends in the space industry; Space exploration concepts; Space solar power; Space technology commercialization; Space tourism
• Online Access: Chapter PDFs via platform:
• Physical Description: electronic texts (252 p.) : col. ill., digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9781609601072 (ebook)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

"This book introduces the concept of space-based technology commercialization and offers a first-time analysis of plausible opportunities, examining the overall marketability of tourism in outer space, including business case studies on celestial solar power and space debris that demonstrate the potential of cosmic technologies in the context of interplanetary business"--Provided by publisher.