The Politics and Perils of Space Exploration Who Will Compete, Who Will Dominate? /

• Main Author: Dawson, Linda (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Popular works.; Technology.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Economic policy.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Technology.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

Written by a former Aerodynamics Officer on the space shuttle program, this book provides a complete overview of the “new” U. S. space program, which has changed considerably over the past 50 years.The future of space exploration has become increasingly dependent on other countries and private enter...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 The New Space Race
• Chapter 2 The Commercial Space Race
• Chapter 3 Mars
• Chapter 4 Why Not Go Back to the Moon?- Chapter 5 The Science and Dangers of Outer Space
• Chapter 6 Politics and the Space Race
• Chapter 7 the Post-Apollo and Space Shuttle Era
• Chapter 8 Politics, the ISS, and Private Enterprise
• Chapter 9 Technological Risks and Accidents
• Chapter 10 New Technologies and Deep Space
• Index.