The New Space Race China vs. the United States /

• Main Author: Seedhouse, Erik (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis, 2010.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

The world’s most populous nation views space as an asset, not only from a technological and commercial perspective but also from a political one. The repercussions of this ideology already extend far beyond Washington. China vs. the United States explores future Chinese aspirations in space and the...

Table of Contents:

• High Frontier Politics
• Rising dragon
• US and Chinese space policy
• Dark Arena
• Space warfare doctrine
• Military space assets
• Exploding China’s dreams
• The Second Space Race
• Chinese and American space exploration programs
• Current and future hardware
• Manned spaceflight experience
• Why Cooperation Won’t Work and Why a New Space Race is Looming
• The case for and against collaboration with China
• The imminent space race.