Space Is Open For Business: The Industry That Can Transform Humanity
You no longer need to be a billionaire or rocket scientist to participate in space.

Three things you need to know about space:

It is an industry that is notoriously complex-which means it is misunderstood.
It influences and benefits nearly every other industry on the planet.
Accessing space has never been easier.
Space Is Open for Business is an outstanding guidebook for the ultimate space-enabled business plan.

Meticulously researched and edited for the most time-challenged reader, Space Is Open for Business provides a framework for those outside of the industry to understand the critical context that led to the commercial movement known as NewSpace.

This book includes:

Insights from over 100 experts, including industry leaders and investors, into the economics and strategies for leading the trillion-dollar race to commercialize space.
Breakdown of the space economy verticals.
How space, arts, and culture are deeply linked.
A 360-degree view of the wide-ranging space industry, its emerging opportunities, investment potential, benefits on Earth, and more.
Space investor and entrepreneur Robert C. Jacobson provides a comprehensive overview of this spectacular industry, allowing everyone on Earth to understand the integral role space plays in our lives, how it will continue to transform the world, and how you could participate.

In the vein of Mary Roach, Jacobson makes a complex topic easily understandable-and accessible-for every reader.

Space as an industry offers a triple bottom line: Return on Investment, Innovation, and Inspiration.

INVESTMENT
Imagine if you had the opportunity to invest in Apple when it was new and undiscovered-would you do it?

Space is a culmination of many disciplines, and it works in tandem with various industries. The sector's growth depends on merging different fields with cutting-edge technologies, fantastical ideas with logical applications.

Investors, including John Doerr, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia, RRE, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, and Andreesen Horowitz, took notice and are backing companies in this growing sector.

INNOVATION
Space is the sector with the most unlimited potential for progress and collaboration. When space advances, other industries benefit. When other industries advance, space benefits as well-innovations and progress multiply.

From Hollywood to navigation, communications devices to streaming services, medical discoveries to robotics, agriculture to energy, all of these industries affect space and are affected by space-much like bees pollinating flowers.

Jacobson proposes that space startups can borrow tactics and strategies developed by other entrepreneurs and thought leaders-such as Peter Thiel, Eric Ries, and Ben Horowitz-to improve space startups' probability for success.

INSPIRATION
What do Jules Verne, Star Trek, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick, Jerry Pournelle, Andy Weir, and David Bowie have in common?

For centuries, artists and creators have helped inspire real space efforts. They merged space with arts and entertainment to construct visions and stories that helped us articulate, amplify, and imagine what is possible-ultimately influencing and shaping reality, from Moon missions to mobile phones.

What will we accomplish over the next decade? Is there a way to achieve great personal success and benefit others-maybe even all of humanity?

Scroll up to the top of the page and click "Buy Now" to begin your journey into the universe's most fascinating industry.
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Space Is Open For Business: The Industry That Can Transform Humanity
You no longer need to be a billionaire or rocket scientist to participate in space.

Three things you need to know about space:

It is an industry that is notoriously complex-which means it is misunderstood.
It influences and benefits nearly every other industry on the planet.
Accessing space has never been easier.
Space Is Open for Business is an outstanding guidebook for the ultimate space-enabled business plan.

Meticulously researched and edited for the most time-challenged reader, Space Is Open for Business provides a framework for those outside of the industry to understand the critical context that led to the commercial movement known as NewSpace.

This book includes:

Insights from over 100 experts, including industry leaders and investors, into the economics and strategies for leading the trillion-dollar race to commercialize space.
Breakdown of the space economy verticals.
How space, arts, and culture are deeply linked.
A 360-degree view of the wide-ranging space industry, its emerging opportunities, investment potential, benefits on Earth, and more.
Space investor and entrepreneur Robert C. Jacobson provides a comprehensive overview of this spectacular industry, allowing everyone on Earth to understand the integral role space plays in our lives, how it will continue to transform the world, and how you could participate.

In the vein of Mary Roach, Jacobson makes a complex topic easily understandable-and accessible-for every reader.

Space as an industry offers a triple bottom line: Return on Investment, Innovation, and Inspiration.

INVESTMENT
Imagine if you had the opportunity to invest in Apple when it was new and undiscovered-would you do it?

Space is a culmination of many disciplines, and it works in tandem with various industries. The sector's growth depends on merging different fields with cutting-edge technologies, fantastical ideas with logical applications.

Investors, including John Doerr, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia, RRE, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, and Andreesen Horowitz, took notice and are backing companies in this growing sector.

INNOVATION
Space is the sector with the most unlimited potential for progress and collaboration. When space advances, other industries benefit. When other industries advance, space benefits as well-innovations and progress multiply.

From Hollywood to navigation, communications devices to streaming services, medical discoveries to robotics, agriculture to energy, all of these industries affect space and are affected by space-much like bees pollinating flowers.

Jacobson proposes that space startups can borrow tactics and strategies developed by other entrepreneurs and thought leaders-such as Peter Thiel, Eric Ries, and Ben Horowitz-to improve space startups' probability for success.

INSPIRATION
What do Jules Verne, Star Trek, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick, Jerry Pournelle, Andy Weir, and David Bowie have in common?

For centuries, artists and creators have helped inspire real space efforts. They merged space with arts and entertainment to construct visions and stories that helped us articulate, amplify, and imagine what is possible-ultimately influencing and shaping reality, from Moon missions to mobile phones.

What will we accomplish over the next decade? Is there a way to achieve great personal success and benefit others-maybe even all of humanity?

Scroll up to the top of the page and click "Buy Now" to begin your journey into the universe's most fascinating industry.
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Overview

You no longer need to be a billionaire or rocket scientist to participate in space.

Three things you need to know about space:

It is an industry that is notoriously complex-which means it is misunderstood.
It influences and benefits nearly every other industry on the planet.
Accessing space has never been easier.
Space Is Open for Business is an outstanding guidebook for the ultimate space-enabled business plan.

Meticulously researched and edited for the most time-challenged reader, Space Is Open for Business provides a framework for those outside of the industry to understand the critical context that led to the commercial movement known as NewSpace.

This book includes:

Insights from over 100 experts, including industry leaders and investors, into the economics and strategies for leading the trillion-dollar race to commercialize space.
Breakdown of the space economy verticals.
How space, arts, and culture are deeply linked.
A 360-degree view of the wide-ranging space industry, its emerging opportunities, investment potential, benefits on Earth, and more.
Space investor and entrepreneur Robert C. Jacobson provides a comprehensive overview of this spectacular industry, allowing everyone on Earth to understand the integral role space plays in our lives, how it will continue to transform the world, and how you could participate.

In the vein of Mary Roach, Jacobson makes a complex topic easily understandable-and accessible-for every reader.

Space as an industry offers a triple bottom line: Return on Investment, Innovation, and Inspiration.

INVESTMENT
Imagine if you had the opportunity to invest in Apple when it was new and undiscovered-would you do it?

Space is a culmination of many disciplines, and it works in tandem with various industries. The sector's growth depends on merging different fields with cutting-edge technologies, fantastical ideas with logical applications.

Investors, including John Doerr, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia, RRE, Bessemer Venture Partners, First Round, Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, and Andreesen Horowitz, took notice and are backing companies in this growing sector.

INNOVATION
Space is the sector with the most unlimited potential for progress and collaboration. When space advances, other industries benefit. When other industries advance, space benefits as well-innovations and progress multiply.

From Hollywood to navigation, communications devices to streaming services, medical discoveries to robotics, agriculture to energy, all of these industries affect space and are affected by space-much like bees pollinating flowers.

Jacobson proposes that space startups can borrow tactics and strategies developed by other entrepreneurs and thought leaders-such as Peter Thiel, Eric Ries, and Ben Horowitz-to improve space startups' probability for success.

INSPIRATION
What do Jules Verne, Star Trek, Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick, Jerry Pournelle, Andy Weir, and David Bowie have in common?

For centuries, artists and creators have helped inspire real space efforts. They merged space with arts and entertainment to construct visions and stories that helped us articulate, amplify, and imagine what is possible-ultimately influencing and shaping reality, from Moon missions to mobile phones.

What will we accomplish over the next decade? Is there a way to achieve great personal success and benefit others-maybe even all of humanity?

Scroll up to the top of the page and click "Buy Now" to begin your journey into the universe's most fascinating industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781734205114
Publisher: Robert Jacobson
Publication date: 09/04/2020
Pages: 420
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.94(d)

About the Author

Gust New York Angels Singularity University

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: A Dream Within Reach

PART I BEYOND OBSERVATION

Chapter One Space Becomes an Industry

Chapter Two Post-Apollo

PART II TADPOLES, UNICORNS, AND ZEBRAS

Chapter Three New Energy, New Space

Chapter Four From Evolution to Revolution

Chapter Five Successful Endeavors

Chapter Six New Paradigms

PART III THE CASE FOR NEWSPACE

Chapter Seven Space Is Open for Business

Chapter Eight Lower Costs, Lower Barriers

Chapter Nine A Data-Driven World

Chapter Ten Off-World Opportunities

Chapter Eleven The International Space Station

Chapter Twelve Space Can Do Quadrillions

PART IV INVESTING IN THE COSMOS

Chapter Thirteen An Industry in Its Own League

Chapter Fourteen Increased Investments

Chapter Fifteen Signals for Success

PART V JOINING THE MOVEMENT

Chapter Sixteen Moonshots

Chapter Seventeen Failures and the Future

Chapter Eighteen Better Business Models

Chapter Nineteen Space Is Not a Monolith

PART VI POLICY AND POLITICS

Chapter Twenty Global Developments

Chapter Twenty-One The Regulatory Landscape

Chapter Twenty-Two International Issues

Chapter Twenty-Three The Space Rush

PART VII THE BLUEPRINT OF EVOLUTION

Chapter Twenty-Four Space Is Everywhere

Chapter Twenty-Five Inspiring the Future

Chapter Twenty-Six Sci-Fi and Society

Chapter Twenty-Seven Imagining New Economies

Chapter Twenty-Eight Aspiring to Evolve

EX ASTRIS, AD ASTRA

Afterword

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Case Study | Planet

Enabling a Trillion-Dollar Space Industry

Reader Resources: Breaking Into NewSpace

Glossary

References

Index

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