Policy model for space economy infrastructure

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 61, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1066-1075

  Komerath, Narayanan ^a   Nally, James ^a   Zilin Tang, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

ECONOMIC EXPANSION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL RESOURCES; LOW COST CAPITALS; SPACE ECONOMY INFRASTRUCTURE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 35549003208     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2006.12.033     Document Type: Article

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