03005oam 2200661I 450 991046245760332120200520144314.01-283-60538-497866139178361-136-25790-X0-203-10644-X10.4324/9780203106440 (CKB)2670000000242266(EBL)1024631(OCoLC)810931564(SSID)ssj0000711844(PQKBManifestationID)12321516(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711844(PQKBWorkID)10694214(PQKB)10460293(MiAaPQ)EBC1024631(PPN)198457049(Au-PeEL)EBL1024631(CaPaEBR)ebr10603645(CaONFJC)MIL391783(EXLCZ)99267000000024226620180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSpace policy in developing countries the search for security and development on the final frontier /Robert C. HardingMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (249 p.)Space power and politicsSpace power and politicsDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-72940-X 0-415-53845-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Space power as national power; 1 Space power and the modern state; 2 The evolution of national space policies; 3 First tier space actors: Launching BRICs into space; 4 Second tier space actors; 5 Third tier space actors; Conclusion: Space policy in developing countries; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis book analyses the rationale and history of space programs in countries of the developing world. Space was at one time the sole domain of the wealthiest developed countries. However, the last couple of decades of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century have witnessed the number of countries with state-supported space programs blossom. Today, no less than twenty-five developing states, including the rapidly emerging economic powers of Brazil (seventh-largest), China (second-largest), and India (fourth-largest), possess active national space programs Space Power and PoliticsAstronautics and stateDeveloping countriesNational securityDeveloping countriesElectronic books.Astronautics and stateNational security333.9/4Harding Robert C.961018MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462457603321Space policy in developing countries2178604UNINA