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The idea of a new gold rush may seem farfetched to some, but there is hard data to support a growing—even exploding—space economy that is happening today.
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Pelton, J.N. (2017). The Expanding Use of Space in Communications, Navigation, Remote Sensing and Weather Satellites. In: The New Gold Rush. Copernicus, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39273-8_3
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