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Papers & Publications : Habitat : Economics

Published:	25 May 2008
Author:	Patrick Collins Adriano Autino
Origin:	Presented at Plenary Session of the International Academy of Astronautics' 1st Symposium on Private Human Access to Space, held at Arcachon in France, 25-28 May 2008.

Abstract:	Vehicles capable of supplying low-priced sub-orbital passenger space travel services could have been produced as early as 1950 if German rocket technology had not been used solely for military purposes by the USA and USSR. If that had happened, orbital passenger flight services could have started during the 1960s. In this case passenger space travel could have grown into a major industry by today. In growing to large scale, space travel would also have reduced the cost of space travel far below that of the expendable rockets still in use today, of which the first orbital vehicle, the R-7 / Soyuz, is still the cheapest and most reliable 50 years later. Several decades of growth of space travel and related space activities could have had a major beneficial influence on the modern world. The paper discusses the scope for new employment, stimulating economic growth, reducing environmental damage, encouraging education particularly in the sciences, stimulating cultural growth, and preserving peace by eliminating any need for "resource wars".
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Keywords:	Habitat:Economics , Habitat:Environment , Habitat:Culture , Habitat:Policy

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