Privat rymdfart
Privat rymdfart är rymdfart bekostad av icke-statliga finansiärer. Målen för privat rymdfart är bland annat placering av kommunikationssatelliter och rymdturism.
Rymdkapplöpningen under 1950- och 60-talen var finansierad av USA:s och Sovjetunionens regeringar, och i USA utförd av många underleverantörer.
Sedan 1980-talet har diverse privata initiativ tagit. Den första bärraketen som finansierades privat och kom ut i rymden var Conestoga, som finansierades av det amerikanska företaget Space Services Inc., som säljer rymdbegravningar och namn på stjärnor.[1][2]
Referenser
- ^ ”Heritage: Pioneering the Commercial Space Frontier” (på engelska). Space Services Inc. Arkiverad från originalet den 3 augusti 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150803174817/http://www.spaceservicesinc.com/#!company-heritage/c1z05. Läst 29 maj 2019.
- ^ Mark Wade. ”Matagorda Island” (på engelska). Encyclopedia Astronautica. Arkiverad från originalet den 10 februari 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140210032018/http://www.astronautix.com/sites/matsland.htm. Läst 29 maj 2019.
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