European Identity through Space Space Activities and Programmes as a Tool to Reinvigorate the European Identity /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Venet, Christophe (Editor), Baranes, Blandina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Studies in Space Policy, 9
• Subjects: Engineering.; Law of the sea.; International law.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.

Space activities are one particularly visible area, where Europe can shape its identity. This publication investigates the effect space activities have already had on building a European “spirit” (e.g. through European missions or European astronauts). It also looks into the effects that activities...

Table of Contents:

• Identity-attempt of a definition
• A European identity through space - what have we achieved?.-  Perspectives from space studies
• Perspectives from the humanities.