Commercial Spaceflight

Apr 26, 2017

[1] Seedhouse, E. SpaceX: Making Commercial Spaceflight a Reality (Springer, 2013), Loc. 2849.

[2] Seth Motel, “NASA Popularity Still Sky High,” Pew Research Center, February 3, 2015, http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/02/03/nasa-popularity-still-sky-high/.

[3] Young, Anthony. The 21st Century Commercial Spaceflight Imperative (Springer, 2015).

[4] Young, The 21st Century Commercial Spaceflight Imperative, Loc 959.

[5] Young, The 21st Century Commercial Spaceflight Imperative, Loc 2852.

[6] “Vision for Space Exploration” (NASA.gov, 2004).

[7] “Gingrich & Walker: Obama’s brave reboot for NASA,” The Washington Times, February 12, 2010, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/12/obamas-brave-reboot-for-nasa/.

[8] Young, The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative, Loc 1015.

[9] Young, The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative, Loc 1018.

[10] Stone, D. et al. NASA’s approach to commercial cargo and crew transportation. Acta Astronaut. 63, 192–197 (2008).

[11] Griffin, M. D. “NASA and the Business of Space.” (American Astronautical Society 52nd Annual Conference, November 18, 2005).

[12] Young, The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative, Loc 953.

[13] Frederick Reese, “The Privatization of Space: Why Did America Get Out of the Space Business and Why Should We Care,” Mint Press News, December 10, 2012, http://www.mintpressnews.com/the-privatization-of-space-why-did-america-get-out-of-the-space-business-and-why-should-we-care/42645/.

[14] Stone et al, NASA’s approach to commercial cargo and crew transportation.

[15] Young, The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative, Loc 430.

[16] U.S. Government Accountability Office. Commercial Space Launch Industry Developments Present Multiple Challenges (2015), 15.

[17] Young, The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative, Loc 1410.

[18] Mike Wall, “Private Orbital Sciences Rocket Explodes During Launch, NASA Cargo Lost,” Space.com, October 28, 2014, http://www.space.com/27576-private-orbital-sciences-rocket-explosion.html.

[19] Sarah Kramer and Dave Mosher, “Here’s how much money it actually costs to launch stuff into space,” Business Insider, July 20, 2016, http://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-rocket-cargo-price-by-weight-2016-6/#bottle-of-water-9100-to-43180-1.

[20] David Kestenbaum, “Spaceflight Is Getting Cheaper. But It’s Still Not Cheap Enough.” NPR, July 21, 2011, http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2011/07/21/138166072/spaceflight-is-getting-cheaper-but-its-still-not-cheap-enough.

[21] Eric Berger, “ULA executive admits company cannot compete with SpaceX on launch costs,” Ars Technica, March 17, 2016, https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/03/ula-executive-admits-company-cannot-compete-with-spacex-on-launch-costs/.

[22] GAO, Commercial Space Launch Industry Developments Present Multiple Challenges, 32.

[23] Young, The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative, Loc 904.

[24] Young, The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative, Loc 203.

[25] GAO, Commercial Space Launch Industry Developments Present Multiple Challenges, 5.

[26] “Commercial Orbital Transportation Services,” NASA.gov, https://www.nasa.gov/commercial-orbital-transportation-services-cots.

[27] Young, The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative, Loc 1056.

[28] James Dean, “SpaceX’s first launch of astronauts slips to 2018,” Florida Today, December 12, 2016, http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/spacex/2016/12/12/spacexs-first-launch-astronauts-slips-2018/95354964/.

[29] Young, The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative, Loc 1010.

[30] Young, The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative, Loc 1014.

[31] CPA Global. Technology Intelligence Report: Commercial Manned Spaceflight (2016).

[32] NASA. Commercial Orbital Transportation Services: A New Era in Spaceflight (NASA.gov, 2014), 22.

[33] GAO, Commercial Space Launch Industry Developments Present Multiple Challenges, 5.

[34] GAO, Commercial Space Launch Industry Developments Present Multiple Challenges,10-11.

[35] GAO, Commercial Space Launch Industry Developments Present Multiple Challenges, 1.

[36] GAO, Commercial Space Launch Industry Developments Present Multiple Challenges, 20.

[37] GAO, Commercial Space Launch Industry Developments Present Multiple Challenges, 17.

[38] Young, The Twenty-First Century Commercial Space Imperative, Loc 1192.

[39] Jeff Foust, “China studying reusable rockets similar to SpaceX,” Space News, March 17, 2017, http://spacenews.com/china-studying-reusable-rockets-similar-to-spacex/.

[40] Seedhouse, E. SpaceX: Making Commercial Spaceflight a Reality, Loc 769.

[41] Seedhouse, E. SpaceX: Making Commercial Spaceflight a Reality, Loc 784.

[42] US GAO, Commercial Space Launch Industry Developments Present Multiple Challenges, 25.

[43] US GAO, Commercial Space Launch Industry Developments Present Multiple Challenges.