The Consequential Frontier: Challenging the Privatization of

The Consequential Frontier: Challenging the Privatization of Space

"A lucid, bright and essential work of reporting, analysis and genuine care.Â Peter Ward has given us a new way to think about private endeavors in space.Â Superb."â â€”Rivka Galchen, author ofÂ Little Labors

This in-depth work of reportage dares to ask whatâ€™s at stake in privatizing outer space

Earth is in troubleâ€”so dramatically that weâ€™re now scrambling to explore space for valuable resources and a home for permanent colonization. With the era of NASAâ€™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 wonâ€™t do the same in space?

In The Consequential Frontier, business and technology journalist Peter Ward is raising this vital question before itâ€™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. Â

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.
Country USA
Brand Melville House Publishing
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Hardcover
Color Navy
ReleaseDate 2019-10-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781612198002

Country	USA
Brand	Melville House Publishing
Manufacturer	Melville House
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Navy
ReleaseDate	2019-10-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781612198002

The Consequential Frontier: Challenging the Privatization of Space

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