01846nam a22001937a 4500999001700000020001800017082001800035100003600053245009000089250002400179260003400203300002000237504002000257520118400277546001301461650003801474942001201512952012801524  c37563d37563  a9780367674496  a629.11bCOB-P  aCobb, Wendy N Whitman.eAuthor.  aPrivatizing peace:bhow commerce can reduce conflict in space/cWendy N. Whitman Cobb  aSouth Asia edition.  aNew York :bRoutledge,c2020.  aviii, 137 pages  aIncludes index.  aThis book explores the privatization of space and its global impact on the future of commerce, peace and conflict. As space becomes more congested, contested, and competitive in the government and the private arenas, the talk around space research moves past NASA’s monopoly on academic and cultural imaginations to discuss how Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is making space "cool" again.

This volume addresses the new rhetoric of space race and weaponization, with a focus on how the costs of potential conflict in space would discourage open conflict and enable global cooperation. It highlights the increasing dependence of the global economy on space research, its democratization, plunging costs of access, and growing economic potential of space-based assets.

Thoughtful, nuanced, well-documented, this book is a must read for scholars and researchers of science and technology studies, space studies, political studies, sociology, environmental studies, and political economy. It will also be of much interest to policymakers, bureaucrats, think tanks, as well as the interested general reader looking for fresh perspectives on the future of space.  aEnglish.  apeace in spacexrole of commerce.  2ddccBK  00104070aNASSDOCbNASSDOCd2023-03-16eOverseasg0.00l0o629.11 COB-Pp53161r2023-05-03 00:00:00v0.00w2023-05-03yBK