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The New Frontiers of Space : Economic Implications, Security Issues and Evolving Scenarios /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Paladini, Stefania (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Subjects:
Astronautics > Economic aspects.
Outer space > Civilian use.
Astronautics and civilization.
Space tourism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 A Snapshot of Space: 2018
  • 2.1 The State and Size of the World's Space Sector: A Snapshot
  • 2.2 A Brief History of the Space Race
  • 2.3 The Global Space Industry in Evolution: A Composite Sector
  • 2.4 National Space Agencies: Old Concept, New Aims
  • 2.5 The Twenty-First Century: A Cooperative Space
  • 3 The Business of Space
  • 3.1 The Business of Space: General Considerations
  • 3.2 The Star of the Sector: The Satellite Industry
  • 3.3 Upstream Space: The Launching Industry
  • 3.4 New Actors for a Changing Sector: The Rise of the Private Spaceflight Operators
  • 4 Europe in Space and the Space in Europe: A Complex Relationship
  • 4.1 A Strategy for Europe: The EU's Space Policy
  • 4.2 The Space Sector in Europe
  • 4.3 The European Space Agency (ESA)
  • 4.4 The UK: A Space Power Between the EU and ESA
  • 4.5 Russia: From Sputnik to Roscosmos
  • 5 Beyond Europe: Space Powers Around the World
  • 5.1 The USA
  • 5.2 The Rising (Red) Star in the Space Sector: China
  • 5.3 Japan and India
  • 5.4 The Rest of the World
  • 6 Space Diplomacy: Traditional and Non-Traditional Security Issues
  • 6.1 Space Security or Security in Space? An Introduction
  • 6.2 International Relations and Space Governance
  • 6.3 The Weaponisation of Space in the Twenty-First Century
  • 6.4 Non-Traditional Security Issues (NTSI) in Space: A Growing Problem
  • 6.5 NTSI: Debris in LEO and Space Readiness Plans
  • 7 The Legal Dimensions of Space
  • 7.1 The Fundamental Treaties of International Space Law
  • 7.2 The "Outer Space Treaty" (OST) of 1967
  • 7.3 Regulating Space Activities
  • 7.4 International Trade and Space
  • 7.5 The States and Their Citizens: National Space Laws
  • 8 A Changing Space: Trends of the Twenty-First Century
  • 8.1 The Present and Future Telescope
  • 8.2 Mining in Space
  • 8.3 The Future of Space Tourism
  • 8.4 The Next Satellite Generation: CubeSat
  • 9 Beyond Space Fiction
  • 9.1 Exploring Our Neighbourhood
  • 9.2 Farther Away: The Rest of the Heliosphere
  • 9.3 Colonies
  • 9.4 The Search for Alien Life: Hunting Exoplanets
  • 10 Conclusions
  • Timeline of Space Exploration