Yearbook on Space Policy 2011/2012

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. The Year in Space 2011/2012

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. European Space Activities in the Global Context

      • Cenan Al-Ekabi

      Pages 3-101

   3. Developments in Space Policies, Programmes and Technologies Throughout the World and in Europe

      • Cenan Al-Ekabi

      Pages 103-146

3. Views and Insights

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147

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   2. The Effect of the Financial Crisis on Political Decision-Making

      • Per Tegnér

      Pages 149-158

   3. The Psychology and Reality of the Financial Crisis in Terms of Space Cooperation

      • Peter Hulsroj

      Pages 159-168

   4. Space Industry and the Financial Crisis

      • Jean-Jacques Tortora

      Pages 169-181

   5. Space: the Last Frontier for Socio-economic Impacts Evaluation?

      • Jean Bruston

      Pages 183-191

   6. The Case for the Eumetsat Polar System (EPS)/Metop Second-Generation Programme: Cost Benefit Analysis

      • Stéphane Hallegatte, John Eyre, Tony McNally, Roland Potthast, Robert Husband

      Pages 193-213

   7. The Benefits of Human Space Flight; the Discourse at a Time of Financial Crisis

      • Cenan Al-Ekabi

      Pages 215-226

   8. Space, Youth Unemployment and Professional Status in the Financial Crisis

      • Andrea Jaime Albalat

      Pages 227-240

4. Facts and Figures

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 241-241

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   2. Chronology: June 2011–May 2012

      • Cenan Al-Ekabi, Blandina Baranes

      Pages 243-273

   3. Bibliography of Space Policy Publications July 2011–June 2012

      • Blandina Baranes

      Pages 275-285

5. Back Matter

   Pages 287-298

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The Yearbook on Space Policy is the reference publication analyzing space policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective is European. The Yearbook also links space policy with other policy areas. It highlights specific events and issues, and provides useful insights, data and information on space activities. The Yearbook on Space Policy is edited by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) based in Vienna, Austria. It combines in-house research and contributions of members of the European Space Policy Research and Academic Network (ESPRAN), coordinated by ESPI. The Yearbook is designed for government decision-makers and agencies, industry professionals, as well as the service sectors, researchers and scientists and the interested public.

• Austerity Funding Space
• ESPI
• European Space Policy
• Space Activities
• Space Program Socio-economic Impacts

• European Space Policy Institute, Vienna, Austria

  Cenan Al-Ekabi, Blandina Baranes, Peter Hulsroj, Arne Lahcen

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