Yearbook on Space Policy 2009/2010 (eBook)

Part I.- Chapter 1: European space activities in the global context (Spyros Pagkratis): Global political and economic trends.- Worldwide space policies and strategies.- Worldwide space budgets and revenues.- The security dimension.- Chapter 2: Developments in space policies, programmes and technologies throughout the world and in Europe (Spyros Pagkratis): Space policies and programmes. - Space transportation.- Space sciences and exploration.- Satellite applications.- Technology developments.- Part II.- Views and Insights: Space in the financial and economic crisis (Christophe Venet).- The legal personality of the European Union and its effects on the development of space activities in Europe (Lesley Jane Smith).- Institutional development of satellite navigation in Europe (Heike Wieland).- The new 2010 U.S. space policy Michael Sheehan).- The potential for transatlantic cooperation in the International Space Station programme and in space exploration (Ian Pryke).- Trends in shaping space policies around the world (Deganit Paikowsky and Isaac Ben Israel).- Space applications after Copenhagen (Simonetta Cheli).- Satellite Earth observation and disaster management – lessons and needs after the Indian Ocean tsunami and the Haiti earthquake (Ray Harris).- Implications of new trends in small satellite development (Rainer Sandau).- Part III.- Facts and Figures (Blandina Baranes and Spyros Pagkratis).- List of figures and tables.- About the Authors.- Index.