LEADER 03071oam 2200685I 450 001 9910785892003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-25789-6 010 $a1-283-60538-4 010 $a9786613917836 010 $a1-136-25790-X 010 $a0-203-10644-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203106440 035 $a(CKB)2670000000242266 035 $a(EBL)1024631 035 $a(OCoLC)810931564 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000711844 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12321516 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000711844 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10694214 035 $a(PQKB)10460293 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1024631 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10603645 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL391783 035 $a(OCoLC)1122162929 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134778 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1024631 035 $a(PPN)198457049 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242266 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSpace policy in developing countries $ethe search for security and development on the final frontier /$fRobert C. Harding 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 225 1 $aSpace power and politics 225 0$aSpace power and politics 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-72940-X 311 $a0-415-53845-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aThis book analyses the rationale and history of space programs in countries of the developing world. Space was at one time the sole domain of the wealthiest developed countries. However, the last couple of decades of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first century have witnessed the number of countries with state-supported space programs blossom. Today, no less than twenty-five developing states, including the rapidly emerging economic powers of Brazil (seventh-largest), China (second-largest), and India (fourth-largest), possess active national space programs 410 0$aSpace Power and Politics 606 $aAstronautics and state$zDeveloping countries 606 $aNational security$zDeveloping countries 615 0$aAstronautics and state 615 0$aNational security 676 $a333.9/4 700 $aHarding$b Robert C.$01553021 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785892003321 996 $aSpace policy in developing countries$93813242 997 $aUNINA