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'... a reader would be hard-pressed to find a treatment as comprehensive and well-researched as this one. Madders has masterfully tied together an impressive and scholarly look at Europe's interests in space technology and space policy formation.' Leonard David, Space News
'This is a comprehensive and well-researched book describing the European Space Sector from its inception ... The volume throws a formidable light on the various machinations which eventually led to ESA and the formation of its present strategy. Those inclined to speculate on short-cuts to space exploration projects, particularly, will find this most illuminating.' Spaceflight
'Many of us who were involved with the European Space Research Organization ... and the European Space Agency ... will regret not then having had the advantage of reading Kevin Madder's book. It explains many things that were not clear ... during the early hectic years ... accurate and painstakingly complete.' Roy Gibson, Nature
Book Description
This book will provide a comprehensive source of information for space specialists and others having a close interest in European space affairs. 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 programs. Its mass of information will serve the insider as a handy reference while its lively analysis will assist public judgment 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 present scene by investigating ESA, Eutelsat, Arianespace, Eumetsat, ASTRA, national agencies and other bodies. How this scene works, what has 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 recently Europe's man-in-space program. The book identifies challenges for the space community, business, and the EU and how they may be met.
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,Kevin Madders,Cambridge University Press,0521570964,Aeronautics & Astronautics,Astronautics,Astronomy - General,Astrophysics & Space Science,Europe,Exploration,History,Outer Space,Science,Science/Mathematics,Space Engineering (General),Technology,Astronautics--Europe--History,History of science,Science / History,Space science
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