Space Enterprise: Beyond NASA

(Hardback)

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The Challenger disaster, according to this book, signalled the end of NASA's domination of space - at least for commercial purposes. Gump claims that after two decades of doldrums, the space industry is about to enter the new era of free enterprise. "Space Enterprise" outlines the parameters for the development and growth of a new space industry fuelled by the competitiveness of private enterprise. This historic shift from government to private leadership in space is evidenced in the many large and small companies already planning private space stations and battling to create their own launches at far lower costs than NASA's projects. The book begins with an account of the causes of the Challenger failure. Gump aims to demonstrate how NASA's failure opened the door to space as the next economic frontier.

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Gump (founder, Space Business News) begins with an account of the causes of the Challenger failure, and goes on to demonstrate how NASA's recent failures have opened the door to space as the next economic frontier.-Reference & Research Book News
This veteran analyst offers an appraisal of investment opportunities in a wide array of space-related activities. NASA will no longer be a major factor in the commercialization of space. Gump views the continuation of massive federal subsidization and favorable tax exemptions for space industries (especially those deemed national security' firms) as a given for any realistic growth scenario. There are a few futuristic projections, such as mining asteroids by robots, and collecting antimatter, but the author is more concerned with the application of current or near-future high technology, i.e., products like ELVs (inexpensive expendable launch vehicles), and services with demonstrably large market potential, such as a remote sensing satellite network that could be subscribed to by every personal computer owner on earth. This volume argues that high tech and space-based activities are more likely than conservation measures to provide long-term solutions for earth's pollution problems. . . .-Choice
"Gump (founder, Space Business News) begins with an account of the causes of the Challenger failure, and goes on to demonstrate how NASA's recent failures have opened the door to space as the next economic frontier."-Reference & Research Book News
"This veteran analyst offers an appraisal of investment opportunities in a wide array of space-related activities. NASA will no longer be a major factor in the commercialization of space. Gump views the continuation of massive federal subsidization and favorable tax exemptions for space industries (especially those deemed national security' firms) as a given for any realistic growth scenario. There are a few futuristic projections, such as mining asteroids by robots, and collecting antimatter, but the author is more concerned with the application of current or near-future high technology, i.e., products like ELVs (inexpensive expendable launch vehicles), and services with demonstrably large market potential, such as a remote sensing satellite network that could be subscribed to by every personal computer owner on earth. This volume argues that high tech and space-based activities are more likely than conservation measures to provide long-term solutions for earth's pollution problems. . . ."-Choice

Author Bio

DAVID P. GUMP has experience in space commerce from the vantage point of marketing and publishing. His credits include the creation in 1983 of Space Business News, the major newsletter serving the space commerce field. He has served as director of Geostar Messaging Corporation in Washington, DC, which is building a satellite-based mobile communications system. He founded the first professional newsletter on commercial space development, Space Business News.