The New Frontiers of Space

There are few industries in today's world as dynamic and dramatically changing as the space sector, with new ventures and initiatives being announced on a daily basis. As well as emerging countries improving their launching and manufacturing capabilities, private actors are beginning to join public bodies in the space race, and participating in what is frequently being referred to as the new space era. With fantastic opportunities arising for business and economics, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the space sector, exploring recent initiatives, and the most important areas of investment in the industry, including emerging fields of activities such as asteroid mining and space tourism. It also addresses traditional and non-traditional security issues in the sector, together with discussing their legal implications. This interdisciplinary book provides insights for practitioners and researchers alike, particularly those involved in technology and innovation management, emerging markets, international relations, and security studies.

Explores evolving areas of the space sector and provides a broad range of new research on recent space initiatives Provides wide geographical coverage of future space programmes, focusing on the activities of new actors such as China and India Encompasses both a security perspective as well as an economic perspective, distinguishing this book from existing literature

Autorentext
Stefania Paladini is a Reader in Economics and Global Security at Birmingham City Business School, Birmingham City University, UK. Before joining academia in 2008, she worked for the Italian Central Government for fifteen years, seven of which were spent in East Asia as a trade commissioner. She has published widely in international affairs, traditional and non-traditional security issues, and area studies.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. A Snapshot of Space: 2018.- 3. The Business of Space.- 4. Europe in Space and the Space in Europe: A Complex Relationship.- 5. Beyond Europe: Space Powers Around the World.- 6. Space Diplomacy: Traditional and Non-traditional Security Issues.- 7. The Legal Dimensions of Space.- 8. A Changing Space: Trends of the 21st Century.- 9. Beyond Space Fiction.- 10. Conclusions.