Space capitalism
Subtitle: how humans will colonize planets, moons, and asteroids
By: Peter Lothian Nelson, Walter E. Block
Contributors: Block, Walter, 1941- author
Series: Palgrave studies in classical liberalism
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9783319746500
Subjects: Privatization; Exploration; Space flight; Space industrialization; Economic aspects; Liberalism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Privatize space travel!; title: Man's inhumanity to man; title: Why privatize anything?; title: Why privatize space travel and colonization?; title: Ownership concepts; title: The moon; title: The inner planets and extra-terrestrial moons - The gas giants; title: Asteroids, comets, and other non-planetary objects; title: Space boondoggles: NASA, STEM subsidies; title: Public goods: basic research and terraforming; title: Space law; title: Timing; title: Who are the libertarians in the space initiative?; title: Space-oriented writers; title: Conclusion.