@article{760938,
      recid = {760938},
      author = {Bignami, Giovanni Fabrizio, and Sommariva, Andrea,},
      title = {The future of human space exploration /},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/760938},
}