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02784aam a2200349 i 4500 001 43C16C4AFF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191105010136 008 190502t20192019nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019022191 020 $a 1612198007 020 $a 9781612198002 035 $a (OCoLC)1104915433 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d JAS $d VP@ $d PNX $d YDX $d DPL $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HD9711.75.A2 $b W37 2019 082 00 $a 338.0919 $2 23 084 $a BUS079000 $a TEC002000 $a BUS079000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Ward, Peter, $d 1985- $e author. 245 14 $a The consequential frontier : $b challenging the privatization of space / $c Peter Ward. 264 1 $a Brooklyn, NY : $b Melville House Publishing, $c 2019. 300 $a viii, 215 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "This in-depth work of reportage dares to ask what's at stake in privatizing outer space Earth is in trouble--so dramatically that we're now scrambling to explore space for valuable resources and a home for permanent colonization. With the era of NASA's dominance now behind us, the private sector is winning this new space race. But if humans and their private wealth have made such a mess of Earth, who can say we won't do the same in space? In The Consequential Frontier, business and technology journalist Peter Ward is raising this vital question before it's too late. Interviewing tech CEOs, inventors, scientists, lobbyists, politicians, and future civilian astronauts, Ward sheds light on a whole industry beyond headline-grabbing rocket billionaires like Bezos and Musk, and introduces the new generation of activists trying to keep it from rushing recklessly into the cosmos. With optimism for what humans might accomplish in space if we could leave our tendency toward deregulation, inequality, and environmental destruction behind, Ward shows just how much cooperation it will take to protect our universal resource and how beneficial it could be for all of us"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Introduction -- The cold war and the outer space treaty -- The 1990s : a false dawn for private interests in space -- A $20 million ticket -- NASA : from contractor to client -- Money and politics -- Selfie sticks in space -- A cluttered universe -- The newcomers -- Floating factories -- The human tardigrade -- The perils and profits of mining the moon -- Mars and back -- Conclusion. 650 0 $a Space industrialization. 650 0 $a Space industrialization $x Law and legislation $z United States. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20200318012639.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=43C16C4AFF9A11E9A2D37E2597128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search