{"product_id":"a-new-force-at-a-new-frontier-europes-development-in-the-space-field-in-the-light-of-its-main-actors-policies-law-and-activities-from-its-beginnings-up-to-the-present-paperback-9780521030229","title":"A New Force at a New Frontier; Europe's Development in the Space Field in the Light of its Main Actors, Policies, Law and Activities from its Beginnings up to the Present (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521030229","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA New Force at a New Frontier\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEurope's Development in the Space Field in the Light of its Main Actors, Policies, Law and Activities from its Beginnings up to the Present\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA comprehensive work on the European space sector.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKevin Madders (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521030229, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 November 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e632 pages, 78 b\/w illus.  17 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.3 x 16.8 x 3.1 cm, 0.982 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Criticisms apart, this book should find a place on the bookshelves of any serious space policy analyst, historian, or similar academic. Its collection of a large amount of material into a single volume will also make it useful for future writers on Europe's space activities, who will appreciate its comprehensive nature and its references to other works.' Mark Williamson, Earth Space Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is a comprehensive work on the European space sector. Written by an acknowledged expert and former space agency official, the work opens up a vital component of Europe's technostructure and the world's space programmes. Its mass of information will serve the insider as a handy reference while its themes and lively analysis will absorb the layperson and assist public judgement of European space efforts. The book first explores the Space Age's origins and Europe's response up to the 1970s. It then devotes its bulk to the scene of the 1990s by investigating the European Space Agency (ESA), Eutelsat, Arianespace, Eumetsat, ASTRA, national agencies and other bodies. How this scene works, what had been achieved, how space technology is made and used, and how policy is formed are main concerns, but of interest too are various crises, including Europe's man-in-space programme. The book identifies challenges for the space community, business and the EU, and how they may be met.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e About the author\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction: space, a tale of several Europes\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Genesis of Cooperation: 2. Rockets, the Cold War and Sputnik's civilian legacy\u003cbr\u003e 3. Blue Streak's fate and the end of British Tripartism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Going from the very small to the very big: the impulse towards space research in Europe\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Europe's First Space Organizations: 5. Parallel paths into space: ELDO, ESRO and their charters\u003cbr\u003e 6. The building of Europe's early space capacity\u003cbr\u003e 7. The advent of international satellite communications and Europe\u003cbr\u003e 8. Now let's play launcher redesign - ELDO's early tribulations and attempts at reform\u003cbr\u003e 9. A forum for crisis - the European space conference\u003cbr\u003e 10. Metamorphosis: the transformation of ESRO, ELDO's downfall and a Franco-German space pact\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The European Space Agency: 11. The ESA convention and ESA's basic institutional system\u003cbr\u003e 12. ESA's first generation and continuation programmes\u003cbr\u003e 13. ESA's second generation programmes: man in space and the long-term plan\u003cbr\u003e 14. Infrastructure\u003cbr\u003e 15. Selected aspects of ESA practice\u003cbr\u003e 16. International cooperation\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Wider European Space Field and its Issues: 17. The role of national space programmes\u003cbr\u003e 18. The operational and commercial sector\u003cbr\u003e 19. Issues of utilization and competition\u003cbr\u003e 20. La Grande Europe and space\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Conclusion: 21. Synthesis and conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Glossary.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005409546520,"sku":"9780521030229","price":31.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521030229i_91c31849-ea5d-427d-a176-50e7da7d6ce9.jpg?v=1694964908","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-new-force-at-a-new-frontier-europes-development-in-the-space-field-in-the-light-of-its-main-actors-policies-law-and-activities-from-its-beginnings-up-to-the-present-paperback-9780521030229","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}