This Palgrave Pivot investigates the efforts of five aerospace companies - SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, Orbital Sciences, and the Boeing Company - to launch their entry into the field of commercial space transportation. Can private sector firms raise enough capital to end the usual...

1. Introduction -- 2. A Snapshot of Space: 2018 -- 3. The Business of Space -- 4. Europe in Space and the Space in Europe: A Complex Relationship -- 5. Beyond Europe: Space Powers Around the World -- 6. Space Diplomacy: Traditional and Non-traditional Security Issues -- 7. The Legal Dimensions...