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Commercial Space Transport, On-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing

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The key springboard to the development of new commercial space activities are improved and less costly space transportation capabilities. Zooming into space for a fraction of today’s cost is clearly the way to the future. You can’t create a New Space economy if you don’t have space vehicles that are safe, reliable and cheap.

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Pelton, J.N. (2017). Commercial Space Transport, On-Orbit Servicing and Manufacturing. In: The New Gold Rush. Copernicus, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39273-8_4

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