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Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space
James Clay Moltz
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Description for Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Figures: 2,. BIC Classification: TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406.
Space has become increasingly crowded since the end of the Cold War, with new countries, companies, and even private citizens operating satellites and becoming spacefarers. This book offers general readers a valuable primer on space policy from an international perspective. It examines the competing themes of space competition and cooperation while providing readers with an understanding of the basics of space technology, diplomacy, commerce, science, and military applications. The recent expansion of human space activity poses new challenges to existing treaties and other governance tools for space, increasing the likelihood of conflict over a diminishing pool of beneficial locations and ... Read more
Space has become increasingly crowded since the end of the Cold War, with new countries, companies, and even private citizens operating satellites and becoming spacefarers. This book offers general readers a valuable primer on space policy from an international perspective. It examines the competing themes of space competition and cooperation while providing readers with an understanding of the basics of space technology, diplomacy, commerce, science, and military applications. The recent expansion of human space activity poses new challenges to existing treaties and other governance tools for space, increasing the likelihood of conflict over a diminishing pool of beneficial locations and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231159128
SKU
V9780231159128
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99-1
About James Clay Moltz
James Clay Moltz is a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School and holds a joint appointment in the Department of National Security Affairs and the Space Systems Academic Group. He is the author of The Politics of Space Security: Strategic Restraint and the Pursuit of National Interests and Asia's Space Race: National Motivations, Regional Rivalries, and International Risks. He has ... Read more
Reviews for Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space
James Clay Moltz set out to provide a primer for nonspecialists on the importance of developing 'a peaceful and sustainable approach to space.' He has succeeded; Moltz's book is the best available general introduction to the past, present, and alternative futures in all areas of space activity. It is written in clear, nontechnical, and nonjargony language and sets forth in ... Read more