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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460456503321

Titolo

The politics of space : a survey / / editor, Eligar Sadeh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-88424-6

1-136-88425-4

1-283-04350-5

1-78034-808-8

9786613043504

0-203-83938-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SadehEligar

Disciplina

333.940973

387.8

Soggetti

Astronautics and state

Astronautics - Political aspects

Electronic books.

Outer space Exploration Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Illustrations and Documentation; Acknowledgements; The Contributors; Abbreviations; Essays; Politics of Space; National Security Space; Developed Space Programmes; Moderate Space Powers; Commercial Space Actors; International Organizations in Civil Space Affairs; Non-governmental Space Organizations; Public Sector Actors; A-Z Glossary of Space Organizations

Sommario/riassunto

The pace of space exploration has long been dictated by political motivations. This book helps to explain why this is so in the post-Cold War era. Combining essays, a glossary of terms, tables and statistics, this new title from Routledge comes as a welcome addition to this increasingly popular topic. The book:covers theories and concepts, as well as current issuesgives a background to international and national space agenciescontains essays that cover military, commercial and



governmental actors in space politics.