Moltz, J: Crowded Orbits

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-0-231-20707-2
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm

Space has become increasingly crowded since the turn of the century, as a growing number of countries, companies, and even private citizens have begun operating satellites and become spacefarers. Crowded Orbits offers readers a valuable primer on space policy from an international perspective, examining technology, diplomacy, commerce, science, and military applications. This second edition is thoroughly updated to cover events of the decade following the book’s original publication in 2014, when the pace of the competition to exploit space has accelerated dramatically.

James Clay Moltz examines the ongoing tension between competition and cooperation in space, tracing the political and policy consequences of key developments. Drawing on decades of experience, he considers possible avenues for collaboration among the growing number of actors as well as the forces driving potential space-related conflicts. Moltz examines the challenges to existing treaties and other governance mechanisms that have struggled to keep up with the spread of technology. He provides policy recommendations to enhance international collaboration, further scientific exploration, and restrain harmful military activities. This edition features analysis of a range of new topics including the ongoing commercialization of space by SpaceX, Planet, and other start-up companies; the U.S. Space Force; climate change monitoring from space; renewed tensions between the United States and Russia, complicated by China’s military activities; and multinational competition on the Moon.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moltz, James Clay

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales See-, Luft- und Weltraumrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Außenpolitik
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Luftverkehr

Über Autor(innen)

James Clay Moltz is a professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, where he also holds a joint appointment in the Space Systems Academic Group. His books include The Politics of Space Security: Strategic Restraint and the Pursuit of National Interests (third edition, 2019) and Asia’s Space Race: National Motivations, Regional Rivalries, and International Risks (Columbia, 2012).