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Given the ramping interest, burgeoning investment and exponential development of technologies associated with the commercialization of space, humankind’s final frontier is about to be seriously breached, giving birth to a new era of space exploration, tourism and industrial development.
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James, T., Roper, S. (2018). Launching from Earth: The Science Behind Space Law and Technological Developments. In: James, T. (eds) Deep Space Commodities. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90303-3_3
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