When China Goes to the Moon...

• Main Author: Aliberti, Marco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Studies in Space Policy, 11
• Subjects: Engineering.; Political science.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Economic policy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Political Science.

This book is about China’s ambitions in its most complex and internationally visible space endeavor, namely its human space exploration programme. It provides a comprehensive reflection on China´s strategic direction and objectives in space, including in particular those set forth in its human space...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• China's space program: Why the moon?- China's way to the moon
• China and the moon: endogenous conditioning factors
• China, the moon and the world
• Europe and China in space: constraints, opportunities and options
• Epilogue.