Militarizing Outer Space

Alexander C. T. Geppert is Associate Professor of History and European Studies at New York University, USA. He holds a joint appointment at NYU Shanghai and the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies in New York City. Daniel Brandau is a postdoctoral research associate at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. Tilmann Siebeneichner is a postdoctoral research associate at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany.

1. Spacewar! The Dark Side of Astroculture- Alexander C. T. Geppert and Tilmann Siebeneichner.- Part I: Embattling the Heavens.- 2. Cold War – But No War – in Space- Michael J. Neufeld.- 3. The Nuclear Roots of the Space Race- Christopher Gainor.- 4. West European Integration and the Militarization of Outer Space, 1945–70- Michael Sheehan.- Part II: Waging Future Wars.- 5.In Space, Violence Rules: Clashes and Conquests in Science Fiction Cinema- Natalija Majsova.- 6.C. S. Lewis and the Moral Threat of Space Exploration, 1938–64- Oliver Dunnett.- 7. One Nation, Two Astrocultures? Rocketry, Security and Dual Use in Di-vided Germany, 1949–61- Daniel Brandau.- Part III: Armoring Minds and Bodies.- 8.Participant Evolution: Cold War Space Medicine and the Militarization of the Cyborg Self- Patrick Kilian.- 9.Starship Troopers: The Shaping of the Space Warrior in Cold War As-troculture, 1950–80- Philipp Theisohn.- 10. Satellites and Psychics: The Militarization of Outer and Inner Space, 1960–95- Anthony Enns.- Part IV: Mounting Infrastructures.- 11. Architectures of Command: The Dual-Use Legacy of Mission Control Centers- Regina Peldszus.- 12.Space Spies in the Open: Military Space Stations and Heroic Cosmo-nauts in the Post-Apollo Period, 1971–77- Cathleen Lewis.- 13. Satellite Navigation and the Military-Civilian Dilemma: The Geopolitics of GPS and its Rivals- Paul E. Ceruzzi.- 14. What Is, and To What End Do We Study, European Astroculture?- Alexander C. T. Geppert.