- Reflects Europe's development within the space industry with autonomy as a driving factor
- Comprehensive overview of European efforts in areas such as energy, culture, science and security
- Shows importance of autonomous space capabilities even in an interdependent globalized world
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The volume provides analyses and evaluations of the continuing importance of Europe’s autonomy in its access to space as a key driver in the development of European space capabilities. From a detailed historical analysis of some of the pitfalls of dependence in the space industry, experts analyse the full range of current European space capabilities and identify areas where autonomy is both possible and required, even in a situation of severe budgetary constraints.
The contributions present a comprehensive overview of European efforts in a broad range of areas including energy, culture, science, and security; access to space, space applications, human spaceflight, security and space situational awareness, and strategic issues. They make a cogent strategic and economic case for policy makers to continue to bear in mind the importance of autonomous space capabilities, even in an interdependent globalised world.
- Table of contents (11 chapters)
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The Evolution of Europe’s Launcher and Flagship Space Initiatives
Pages 1-45
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Strategic Autonomy in EU Space Policy: A Conceptual and Practical Exploration
Pages 49-61
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Autonomy and Dependence in Space Sciences
Pages 63-75
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Lessons for European Autonomy in Space from Past Pursuits of Energy Autonomy
Pages 77-91
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In Search of Shared Autonomy: The EU as a Restricted Foreign, Security and Defence Political Actor
Pages 93-103
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- European Autonomy in Space
- Editors
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- Cenan Al-Ekabi
- Series Title
- Studies in Space Policy
- Series Volume
- 10
- Copyright
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing Switzerland
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-11110-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-11110-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-11109-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-36477-3
- Series ISSN
- 1868-5307
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 198
- Number of Illustrations
- 6 b/w illustrations
- Topics
