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THE FUTURE OF HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION - GIOVANN...

For several decades it has been widely accepted that human space exploration is the exclusive
domain of government agencies. The cost of performing such missions  estimated in multiple
reports to amount to hundreds of billions dollars over decades  was far beyond what private
entities could afford. That arrangement seems to be changing. Buoyed by the success of its
program to develop commercial cargo capabilities to support the International Space Station 
NASA is becoming increasingly open to working with the private sector in its human space
exploration plans. The new private-public partnership will make 'planet hopping' feasible. This
book analyses the move towards planet hopping  which sees human outposts moving across the
planetary dimensions  from the Moon to Near-Earth Asteroids and Mars. It critically assesses
the intention to exploit space resources and how successful these missions will be for
humanity. This insightful and accessible book will be of great interest to scholars and
students of space policy and politics  international studies  and science and technology
studies.

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