Yearbook on Space Policy 2011/2012: Space in Times of Financial Crisis

by Cenan Al-Ekabi (Editor), Blandina Baranes (Editor), Peter Hulsroj (Editor), Arne Lahcen (Editor)

Overview

The Yearbook on Space Policy is the reference publication analyzing space policy developments. Each year it presents issues and trends in space policy and the space sector as a whole. Its scope is global and its perspective is European. The Yearbook also links space policy with other policy areas. It highlights specific events and issues, and provides useful insights, data and information on space activities. The Yearbook on Space Policy is edited by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) based in Vienna, Austria. It combines in-house research and contributions of members of the European Space Policy Research and Academic Network (ESPRAN), coordinated by ESPI. The Yearbook is designed for government decision-makers and agencies, industry professionals, as well as the service sectors, researchers and scientists and the interested public.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783709116494
Publisher:	Springer Vienna
Publication date:	02/08/2014
Series:	Yearbook on Space Policy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	298
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

Part I European Space Activities in the Global Context.- Developments in Space Policies, Programmes and Technologies throughout the World and in Europe.- Part II The Effect of the Financial Crisis on Political Decision-Making.- The Psychology and Reality of the Financial Crisis in Terms of Space Cooperation.- Space Industry and the Financial Crisis.- Space: the Last Frontier for Socio-Economic Impacts Evaluation? - The Case for the Eumetsat Polar System (EPS)/Metop Second-Generation Programme: Cost Benefit Analysis.- The Benefits of Human Space Flight; the Discourse at a Time of Financial Crisis.- Space, Youth Unemployment and Professional Status in the Financial Crisis.- Part III Chronology: June 2011 – May 2012.- Bibliography of Space Policy Publications July 2011 – June 2012.