Overview
- Presents vivid scenarios of what would occur in the event of a space attack
- Provides a historical perspective of aggression in outer space while keeping the focus on the technology of outer space satellites and other space weapons
- Discusses the required technologies for both offense and defense in space wars
- Investigates the exploration and usage of outer space resources
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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About this book
In the short term, the aftermath would send thousands of fragments orbiting Earth as space debris. In the longer term, the ramifications of such an event on Earth and in space would be alarming, to say the least.
This book takes a look at such crippling scenarios and how countries around the world might respond in their wake. It describes the aggressive actions that nations could take and the technologies that could be leveraged to gain power and control over assets, as well as to initiatewar in the theater of outer space.
The ways that a country's vital capabilities could be disarmed in such a setting are investigated. In addition, the book discusses our past and present political climate, including which countries currently have these abilities and who the aggressive players already are. Finally, it addresses promising research and space technology that could be used to protect us from those interested in destroying the world's vital systems.
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Book Title: War in Space
Book Subtitle: The Science and Technology Behind Our Next Theater of Conflict
Authors: Linda Dawson
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93052-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93051-0Published: 14 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93052-7Published: 14 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 206
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 53 illustrations in colour
Topics: Popular Science in Technology, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, International Security Studies