Overview
- An account of past, current, and future geopolitical trends in space exploration
- Explains the political and economic importance of Earth-related applications, including GPS and cyberspace
- Written by an aeronautical engineer with over 30 years of experience in public and private industry
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This is the tale of the modern Space Age, detailing all the risks, rewards and rivalries that have fueled space exploration over the decades. Jump into a world of ambitious entrepreneurs and determined spacefaring nations, of secret spy satellites and espionage, of all the cooperative and competing interests vying for dominance in ways little known to the public.
Written by an Italian aeronautical engineer with over thirty years of experience in government and private industry, this English translation explains how and why the game has fundamentally evolved and where it is headed next.
Exploring such topics as GPS and cyberspace, the economics of private and public industry and the political motivations of emerging spacefaring powerhouses like China, this book is an engaging foray into the ongoing battle for our terrestrial home through extraterrestrial means.Authors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Geopolitics of Space Exploration
Authors: Marcello Spagnulo
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69125-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69124-0Published: 03 April 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69125-7Published: 02 April 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 145
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: English translation of the original Italian edition published by Rubbettino Editore, 2019, with the Italian-language title "Geopolitica dell'Esplorazione Spaziale: La sfida di Icaro nel terzo millennio"
Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, History of Science