Overview
- Discusses the latest achievements concerning space policy and development in Africa
- Presents lessons learned from multiple experiences in Nigeria and South Africa
- Provides an extensive survey of civil, commercial, and military space programmes
Part of the book series: Southern Space Studies (SOSPST)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Space Policy, Development, and Security in Nigeria
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Front Matter
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Space Policy, Development, and Security in South Africa
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Front Matter
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Final Conclusions
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Keywords
About this book
This book showcases Nigerian and South African experiences on space politics, policy and strategy vis-à-vis their development and security aspirations, while contributing to the broader African and the Global-South perspectives on the subject. Space policy in developing countries such as Nigeria and South Africa is motivated by utilitarian promises that space and the attendant technologies have the potential to advance development and security interests of the affected nations. However, several decades into the orbital journey of these countries, little is known of their space politics, policies, strategies, capacities and capabilities, and realisation of desired objectives. Beyond pure and applied sciences reductionism, this book offers social science perspectives on space studies in Africa, as it examines the intricate relationships of historical, geographical, social, demographic, economic, political, administrative, and strategic factors, nationally, regionally and globally thathave shaped research and development of space science and technologies, and their benefits, in Nigeria and South Africa.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Utilitarianism in Outer Space
Book Subtitle: Space Policy, Socioeconomic Development and Security Strategies in Nigeria and South Africa
Authors: Samuel Oyewole
Series Title: Southern Space Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49646-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49645-5Published: 04 February 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49648-6Due: 15 April 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-49646-2Published: 03 February 2024
Series ISSN: 2523-3718
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3726
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 218
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 13 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space, African Politics, African Economics