Whither space power?
Author: Simon P. Worden
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781585661114
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Simon P. Worden
Publisher:
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781585661114
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Simon P. Worden
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781585661114
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Brent Ziarnick
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2014-12-24
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 1476617732
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Exploring the nature of space programs and how nations can maximize advantages gained from space operations, this book draws from military and economic theory to describe an original model of the development and employment of a nation's ability to operate in space. Chapters discuss the implications for the history and organization of America's space program, particularly its military dimension. The rise of American naval power early in the 20th century is investigated as an historical analog to the current American situation in space, and a method is proposed for the U.S. to lead a new space age. This book's unique theory and analysis will be of interest to policy makers, planners, leaders and enthusiasts interested in America's future in space.
Author: Namrata Goswami
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2020-10-06
Total Pages: 465
ISBN-13: 1498583121
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With a focus on China, the United States, and India, this book examines the economic ambitions of the second space race. The authors argue that space ambitions are informed by a combination of factors, including available resources, capability, elite preferences, and talent pool. The authors demonstrate how these influences affect the development of national space programs as well as policy and law.
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
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Total Pages: 131
ISBN-13: 1428994157
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Roger Handberg
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-11-29
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1134214162
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This volume explains the beginnings and expansion of China's space program, analyzing how China is now able to hold such ambitions and how the interaction between technology, politics and economics has influenced the Chinese space program. It opens by tracing out the earlier development of the space program and identifying the successes and problems that plagued this initial effort, later focusing upon its development over the past decade and into the future. As China is now able to reach into outer space with its machines and, since 2003, with its humans, the authors examine how this move from a non-participant status to a state operating at the highest level of space activities has confirmed its potential place as the new economic and military superpower of the twenty-first century. They also demonstrate how recent successes mean that China is now confronted by an issue previously encountered by other space ‘powers’, such as the United States and the former Soviet Union: what is the value of the space program, given its high costs and likelihood of dramatic failure? Chinese Space Policy will be of great interest to students of space studies, Chinese politics, security studies, and international relations in general.
Author: Steven J. Dick
Publisher: U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 704
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Since the dawn of spaceflight, advocates of a robust space effort have argued that human activity beyond Earth makes a significant difference in everyday life. Assertions abound about the "impact" of spaceflight on society and its relationship to the larger contours of human existence. Fifty years after the Space Age began, it is time to examine the effects of spaceflight on society in a historically rigorous way. Has the Space Age indeed had a significant effect on society? If so, what are those influences? What do we mean by an "impact" on society? And what parts of society? Conversely, has society had any effect on spaceflight? What would be different had there been no Space Age? The purpose of this volume is to examine these and related questions through scholarly research, making use especially of the tools of the historian and the broader social sciences and humanities. Herein a stellar array of scholars does just that, and arrives at sometimes surprising conclusions.
Author: Bert Chapman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2008-03-19
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 159884007X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This timely resource provides a history of the development of space weapons and warfare strategies and a comprehensive reference guide to the growing literature on the subject. Space Warfare and Defense: A Historical Encyclopedia and Research Guide provides comprehensive coverage of the development of space as a possible arena for warfare, exploring the military uses of space—past, present, and future—and specific details of actual space weapons systems. The encyclopedia spans the breadth of U.S. military space policy; comparable programs in the Soviet Union, China, and the European Union; and the full array of international agreements designed to regulate the military uses of space. In addition, the encyclopedia includes an extensive reference guide (nearly 40 percent of the book) directing readers to the essential literature on space weapons and defense systems produced by the United States, other governments, research institutions, and additional sources. At a time when space is becoming an increasingly important place of military competition and potential conflict, Space Warfare and Defense dispels the myths and examines the realities of what may become humanity's ultimate battlefield.