The Future of Human Space Exploration

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ISBN/EAN: 9781137526588
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.


Giovanni Bignami is a member of the Accademia dei Lincei, Italy, and of the French Academy. He has held key roles in the European Space Agency, and directed the largest institute for space research in France, a country which awarded him the Legion of Honor. He was elected to the Presidency of the COSPAR (Committee on Space Research), was president of the Italian Space Agency, and was president of the Italian National Institute of Astrophysics. 

Andrea Sommariva is an international economist, who specializes in international finance, international monetary policy, the markets for oil and raw materials, renewable energy, and development of space. He is a member of the study group 'Space Mineral Resources: Challenges and Opportunities' at the International Academy of Astronautics. He has worked as an economist and has been an associate professor at LUISS, Rome, Italy, the Catholic University of Milan, Italy, the
SDA Bocconi in Milan, Italy, and the China-Europe Management Institute in Beijing, China.

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