Full Description
This authoritative Encyclopedia explores the dynamic fields of space policy and governance. Authored by over 50 expert scholars and practitioners from across the globe, it delves into the key concepts, governing bodies, and challenges involved in regulating the space sector.
Entries examine the complex task of governing national and international space activities, underscoring the need for actors to communicate based on a common understanding. The Encyclopedia provides insights into topics ranging from cybersecurity and sustainability to astropolitics and space law, critically engaging with the definition, core issues, and future directions of each aspect.
Key Features:
Analyses a diverse variety of approaches to each theme
Fully cross-referenced to present a broad yet detailed overview of space governance
Includes a list of further recommended readings for each entry, covering fundamental principles as well as cutting-edge research
Students and researchers in public policy, regulation and governance, political science, public international law, and international relations will greatly benefit from this comprehensive Encyclopedia. It is also an invaluable resource for policymakers, space industry professionals and military personnel seeking to expand their knowledge of developments in space policy and governance.
Contents
Contents
Preface ix
1 Anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon 1
Gerry Doyle
2 Arms race in outer space 5
Xavier Pasco
3 Artemis Accords 9
Steve Mirmina
4 Asia-Pacific Regional Space
Agency Forum (APRSAF) 14
Hajime Shinomiya
5 Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation
Organization (APSCO) 18
Zhenjun Zhang
6 Astropolitics 21
Tomas Hrozensky
7 Civil space 24
Jean-Jacques Tortora,
with contributions by Sa'id
Mosteshar and Christoph
Beischl and London Institute
of Space Policy and Law (ISPL)
8 Code of conduct 27
Steven Freeland
9 Competitive space 31
Henry R. Hertzfeld
10 Contested space 34
Dimitrios Stroikos
11 Cooperation and collaboration 38
Saadia M. Pekkanen
12 Counterspace 42
Gerry Doyle
13 Critical infrastructure: space 46
Clémence Poirier and
Sebastien Moranta
14 Cybersecurity 51
Percy J. Blount
15 Delimitation and definition of
outer space 55
Ranjana Kaul
16 Democratisation of space 59
Arne Sönnichsen
17 Dual use 62
Elina Morozova
18 European Space Agency (ESA) 67
Ulrike Bohlmann, Lukas
Jung, Simona Richard and
Kai-Uwe Schrogl
19 Global commons 72
Oonagh Sands
20 Governance of space 77
Tanja Masson-Zwaan
21 In-situ resource utilisation
(ISRU) 81
Guoyu Wang
22 International Lunar Research
Station (ILRS) 85
Xiaodan Wu
23 International norms 89
Robin Dickey
24 International
Telecommunication Union
(ITU) 93
Sa'id Mosteshar
25 Militarisation 96
Tara Brown
26 NewSpace 100
Jules Varma
27 Outer space treaty 104
Christian Brünner and Hannes Mayer
28 Peaceful use of outer space 107
Paul Baki, with contributions
by Sa'id Mosteshar and
Christoph Beischl and
London Institute of Space
Policy and Law (ISPL)
29 Planetary defence 110
Christoph Beischl and Sa'id Mosteshar
30 Planetary protection 113
Thomas Cheney
31 Privatisation 117
Graham Turnock
32 Regionalisation 121
Christoph Beischl
33 Responsible behaviour in outer
space 124
Setsuko Aoki
34 Search for Extraterrestrial
Intelligence (SETI) 128
Jason T. Wright
35 Soft law 131
Irmgard Marboe
36 Space agency roles 135
Arne Sönnichsen
37 Space commercialisation 138
Jean-Jacques Tortora,
with contributions by Sa'id
Mosteshar and Christoph
Beischl and London Institute
of Space Policy and Law (ISPL)
38 Space debris 143
Martha Mejía-Kaiser
39 Space diplomacy 147
Ken Hodgkins
40 Space economy 151
Henry R. Hertzfeld
41 Space law 154
Fabio Tronchetti
42 Space policy 158
Ntorina Antoni, Christina
Giannopapa and Kai-Uwe Schrogl
43 Space race 163
John M. Logsdon
44 Space safety 167
Joseph N. Pelton, Michael T.
Kezirian, Taro Kuusiholma
and Paul Wilde
45 Space science 171
David Southwood
46 Space security 175
Arne Sönnichsen
47 Space sustainability 177
Lauren Napier
48 Space Technology Transfer
(STT) 181
Arne Sönnichsen
49 Space traffic management
(STM) 184
Stuart Eves
50 Space warfare 187
Jeremy Grunert
51 Space weaponisation 192
Jeremy Grunert
52 Spacepower 196
Marco Aliberti, Ottorino
Cappelli and Rodrigo Praino
53 Transparency and confidence
building 200
Peter Martinez
54 UNOOSA and UNCOPUOS 204
Yangzi Tao
