Space: The Next Business Frontier
Author: Lou Dobbs, H. P. Newquist, Space.Com
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ISBN: 0743423895
Publisher: Atria Books (October, 2001)
Sales Rank: 261,714
Average Customer Rating: 2.86 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Book me on the next flight
The timing couldn't be better on this book. Three things made me pick it up this week: the success of the Mars Observer and the resignation of the head of NASA along with the sale of GM's satellite division to Echostar. Big news stories, every one.Though I'm sure that Mr. Dobbs (you can almost hear him reading this book in that CNN voice) and Mr. Newquist didn't write this book specifically with those events in mind, they do manage to be in the right place at the right time. They nail NASA for being a bloated bureaucracy but still praise its past achievements. And they dig pretty far down into the space industry (explaining, for instance, the strange relationship between Lockheed and Boeing--another recent headline).
Dobbs' knowledge of business serves him well here, and I can't think of any other space book that has really looked at space as a place where hopefully we'll all be doing business some day.
Rating: 1 out of 5
China: the Next Hope for Space
Lou does not have the wits to realize that China is the only hope for future space business. Otherwise his scheme is totally out of this world. Save your money - don't buy this book.
Rating: 1 out of 5
The Next Frontier?
Why not let the Chinese make all our rockets to space, under contract from Boeing? After all, their manned spaceflight is a success. Besides, EVERYTHING is now made in China at a fraction of the cost here. This way space business is guaranteed a future. The next frontier indeed. Similar Products
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