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Implications of ultra-low-cost access to space /

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"Since the advent of the space age, a primary constraint on military, commercial, and civil space missions has been the cost of launch. Launching objects into space requires substantial investments in launch systems and infrastructure, which has restricted the market to only a handful of nation...

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Main Authors:	Harrison, Todd (Author), Hunter, Andrew (Author), Johnson, Kaitlyn (Author), Roberts, Thomas (Author)
Corporate Author:	Rowman & Littlefield EBA
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : Center for Strategic & International Studies, [2017]
Subjects:	Launch vehicles (Astronautics) > Costs. Artificial satellites > Launching > Costs. Aerospace industries. Astronautics and state. Astronautics, Military. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General) Electronic books.
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