The Iranian Space Endeavor Ambitions and Reality /

• Main Author: Tarikhi, Parviz (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Popular works.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Economic policy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science, general.; R & D/Technology Policy.

For those who see the trend of progress and movement of the Iranian space endeavor from the outside, it can be difficult to understand what goes on behind the scenes. However, for one who observes these events firsthand, they take on a very different meaning. In this book, the author brings new and...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• From Air Into Space, Formation of Industrial Infrastructure
• Education and Public Awareness for Capacity Building
• Legislation, Managerial and Administrational Turmoil
• Bureaucratized Research
• Applications and Services
• Outreach, International Cooperation and Retrogradation of Vision
• Development of Domestic Satellites, Space Apparatus, Launchers and Ground Facilities
• Space Plans, Ambitions, Short-Sightedness and Paranoia
• Breaching the Principles and Ethical Crisis
• Discussion, Argument and Analysis
• Conclusions.