This book explores the contribution space systems might make in dealing with looming societal challenges related to threats to the physical environment and the management of natural resources, growing mobility and its consequences, increasing security concerns, and the shift to the information society.
When international rules and regulations governing space travel were first being developed, only a few countries had any space presence and commercial space activity was non-existent.
The potential use of space for military purposes has, since the end of the Second World War, been intrinsically linked to the development of space technology and space flight.
The potential use of space for military purposes has, since the end of the Second World War, been intrinsically linked to the development of space technology and space flight.