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Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4
INTRODUCTION 5
IDEAS: HOW THE AMERICAN SPACE INDUSTRY IMAGINES THE FUTURE 13
THE AMERICAN PRIVATIZATION OF SPACE 13
OLD AMERICAN MYTHS AND NEW COMMERCIAL UTOPIAS 17
What then, are the motivations that drive the private American space industry forward? 17
Space as a (climate) solution 18
Space as a political revolution 21
Takeaway: American Independence 2.0 23
IMPLICATIONS: HOW THE AMERICAN SPACE INDUSTRY SHAPES THE PRESENT 25
THE CLIMATE, SUSTAINABILITY, AND GLOBAL JUSTICE AGENDAS 26
Diversion 26
Disaster 27
Divider 31
Takeaway: Risky tech-optimism 33
AMERICAN DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL ORDER 34
Domestic disruptor 34
Alternative geopolitical actor 38
Takeaway: A Trojan Horse 39
CONCLUSION 43
REFERENCES 46