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Analysis of Views of Established and Emerging Space Nations with Regard to Space Mining and US CSLCA of 2015

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Space Resource Utilization: A View from an Emerging Space Faring Nation

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Abstract

Space exploration has to date been undertaken by emerging, intermediate, and established economies. The grouping of countries into emerging, intermediate, and established categories in relation to space activities is not a straightforward process. However, countries may be grouped into emerging, intermediate, and established on the basis of world government expenditures for civil space programs. This section will follow the same principle.

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Froehlich, A. (2018). Analysis of Views of Established and Emerging Space Nations with Regard to Space Mining and US CSLCA of 2015. In: Froehlich, A. (eds) Space Resource Utilization: A View from an Emerging Space Faring Nation . Studies in Space Policy, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66969-4_4

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