The space business : from hotels in orbit to mining the moon -- how private enterprise is transforming space

Yrnge otellerinden Ay madenciliine, zel sektr uzay nasl dntryor? Yirminci yzylda uzay NASA gibi devlet tarafndan finanse edilen ve kr amac gtmeyen dev kurulular kefediyordu. Yirmi birinci yzyln balarnda bu keif servenine zel irketler de katld. Elbette kr amac gdyorlar. Peki ama nereden, nasl ve ne miktarda kr etmeyi bekliyorlar? Ykselen insan uygarlnn gereksinimlerinin karlanmas ile uzaya alma motivasyonu arasnda, dnyann en zengin giriimcilerini bu kadar itahlandracak ne tr balantlar var? Onlarn bu ie soyunmas insann uzay macerasna, bilimsel ve teknolojik gelimelere ne gibi katklar salayacak? Bu kitaptan Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos ve Richard Branson gibi giriimcilerin, Marsa yolculuk, uzay otelleri, Ay madencilii ve asteroitlerde deerli metal arama gibi fikir ve hayallerin peine hangi beklentilerle ve hangi zorluklarla mcadele etme pahasna dtklerini reneceksiniz. Uzay Turizmi ve Ticareti bugnn fikir ve hayallerinin yarnn gerei olduunu dnen bilim okurlarna farkl bir bak as sunuyor. Dreams, schemes and opportunity as space opens for tourism and commerce. Twentieth century space exploration may have belonged to state-funded giants such as NASA, but there is a parallel history which has set the template for the future. Even before Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, private companies were exploiting space via communication satellites - a sector that is seeing exponential growth in the internet age. In human spaceflight, too, commercialisation is making itself felt. Billionaire entrepreneurs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson have long trumpeted plans to make space travel a possibility for ordinary people and those ideas are inching ever closer to reality. At the same time, other companies plan to mine the Moon for helium-3, or asteroids for precious metals. Science writer Andrew May takes an entertaining, in-depth look at the triumphs and heroic failures of our quixotic quest to commercialise the final frontier. "Even before Apollo 11 landed on the Moon, private companies were exploiting space via communication satellites - a sector that is seeing exponential growth in the internet age. In human spaceflight, too, commercialisation is making itself felt. Billionaire entrepreneurs Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson have long trumpeted plans to make space travel a possibility for ordinary people and those ideas are inching ever closer to reality. At the same time, other companies plan to mine the Moon for helium-3, or asteroids for precious metals. Science writer Andrew May takes an entertaining, in-depth look at the triumphs and heroic failures of our quixotic quest to commercialise the final frontier." - Publisher's description