Tag: Space

Free Download Yearbook on Space Policy 2014: The Governance of Space By Cenan Al-Ekabi, Blandina Baranes, Peter Hulsroj, Arne Lahcen (eds.)
2016 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 3709118980 | PDF | 5 MB
The Yearbook on Space Policy, edited by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), is the reference publication analysing 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 first part of the Yearbook sets out a comprehensive overview of the economic, political, technological and institutional trends that have affected space activities. The second part of the Yearbook offers a more analytical perspective on the yearly ESPI theme and consists of external contributions written by professionals with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise. The third part of the Yearbook carries forward the character of the Yearbook as an archive of space activities. 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.

Free Download Ronald D. Humble, "The Soviet Space Programme "
English | ISBN: 1032675470 | 2024 | 178 pages | PDF | 9 MB
The Soviet Space Programme (1988) presents a comprehensive over-view of the Soviet space programme from its beginnings up to the end of the 1980s. One important theme explored is the degree to which the Soviet space programme was oriented towards military capabilities. The book concludes that the degree of military involvement was indeed high.

Free Download The Oxford Handbook of Space Security
by Saadia M. Pekkanen and P.J. Blount
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0197582672 | 900 Pages | PDF/ePUB (True) | 35/3 MB

Free Download Sustainability of the Exploration and Use of Outer Space
English | 2024 | ISBN: 3031519744 | 75 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 27 MB
This book provides insight into the significance of the law of outer space in promoting order, cooperation, and peaceful activities in space. It emphasizes the advantages of having a legal framework in place to govern space exploration and utilization, rather than relying on power and force.

Free Download Space in Our Hands
by David W. Brown
English | 2024 | ISBN: 8869774678 | 272 Pages | True ePUB | 11.5 MB

Free Download Space Robotics: Dynamics and Control by Yangsheng Xu, Takeo Kanade
English | PDF | 1993 | 291 Pages | ISBN : 0792392655 | 18.4 MB
Robotic technology offers two potential benefits for future space exploration. One benefit is minimizing the risk that astronauts face. The other benefit is increasing their productivity.

Free Download Stefano Ferretti, "Space Capacity Building in the XXI Century"
English | 2020 | pages: 435 | ISBN: 3030219402, 3030219372 | PDF | 15,6 mb
This book, edited by the European Space Policy Institute, is the first international publication, following UNISPACE+50, to analyze how space capacity building can empower the international community towards fully accessing all the economic and societal benefits that space assets and data can offer. New innovation models are increasingly spreading across various sectors and disciplines, including space, which is becoming an integral part of many societal activities (e.g. telecoms, weather, climate change and environmental monitoring, civil protection, infrastructures, transportation and navigation, healthcare and education). The book helps readers construct their own space capacity building roadmaps, which take into account key stakeholders and also new private actors, NGOs and civil society. Starting from a policy and strategy perspective, it addresses key aspects of capacity building, including innovation and exploration, global health, climate change and resilient societies. It outlines the available options and summarizes the ideal programmatic conditions for their successful implementation. Showcasing reflections from a range of senior space professionals around the world, with their unique perspectives and solutions, it provides a rich mosaic in which various cultural and policy approaches to space are translated into actionable programs and ideas so that space may truly benefit all of humankind.

Free Download Playful Wearables: Understanding the Design Space of Wearables for Games and Related Experiences by Oguz Buruk, Ella Dagan, Katherine Isbister
English | January 2, 2024 | ISBN: 0262546914 | 242 pages | PDF | 3.48 Mb
An expert introduction to the world of "playful wearables" and their design, with a wide range of engaging examples, case studies, and exercises.

Free Download Making Space for the Gulf: Histories of Regionalism and the Middle East
by Arang Keshavarzian
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1503633349 | 326 Pages | True PDF | 22.6 MB

Free Download Julian Hermida, "Legal Basis for a National Space Legislation"
English | 2004 | pages: 301 | ISBN: 9401742502, 1402019130 | PDF | 1,6 mb
A. GENERAL BACKGROUND "The foremost goal of the international community in the area [of private space launch services] should be to induce states to implement effective licensing procedures applicable to commercial ventures for which state responsibility may 1 exist. " 1. PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SPACE INDUSTRY In the first decades of the space age, military and state security motivations indicated the direction of national space programs. Now the development of space activities depends essentially upon the possibility of recovering 2 investments. Private sector-driven commercial endeavors in outer space have been increasing exponentially and have experienced a significant quantitative growth over the last years. Spacefarers promote commercial participation of private companies in operations related to outer space, and, thus, the private sector is now increasingly providing satellite telecommunications, remote sensing, global positioning and space launch services directly to its customers. In this context, overall revenues for the worldwide space industry 3 amounted to US$ 82 billion in 2001. In the late 1990’s the transponder demand, in particular Ku- band transponders, was consistently on the rise due 4 to the escalated utilization of geostationary satellite transponders. Global positioning systems have been playing an increasingly important role in navigation, and remote sensing systems are mapping and documenting nearly 1 E. A. Frankle & E. J. Steptoe, "Legal Considerations Affecting Commercial Space Launches From International Territory", (1999) 50 IISL at 10. Emphasis added. 2 H. L.