Though it is not a big surprise, the move will still strip the publishing industry of shelf space that is becoming increasingly scarce as brick-and-mortar stores continue to founder.
The authors argue that the creation of a popular new industry of passenger space travel could be economically and socially very beneficial in creating new employment in aerospace and related fields in order to supply these services.
Prize-based competitions have become a major strategy for startups and governments alike, since the X Prize foundation successfully kicked off a new cottage industry of commercial space flight with a $10,000,000 bounty.
Mike Lawton, founder and CEO, a serial entrepreneur who previously worked in the biofuels and food and drinks industries, says of space tech: "I'm attracted to the sector because I think it's a bit of a wild west at the moment: there's a lot of unchartered territory".
Gerdau, a steel company, recently bought a pig-iron plant in the district, which is a prime candidate to receive the spillover when industry runs out of space in São Luís.
Nearby homeowners are making a cottage industry of selling parking space in their yards and renting out their houses for the week for upwards of $20,000.
But since worries about the future or negative vibes from the past are two things New Yorkers cannot complain to management about, a very tiny industry of smudgers — or "space clearers," the term Ms. Wendell prefers — has evolved to fill these needs.
The continued support from the Government of India in establishment of an ecosystem for the development of space industry for over four decades has created several hundred industries catering to the national space programme.
But with the telecommunications bust, "we've gone from having an industry hiring rapidly and building lots of space to an industry contracting and laying off large numbers of people".
