Yearbook on Space Policy 2014 The Governance of Space
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 glo
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Cenan Al-Ekabi Blandina Baranes Peter Hulsroj Arne Lahcen Editors
Yearbook on Space Policy 2014 The Governance of Space
Yearbook on Space Policy
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Yearbook on Space Policy
Edited by the European Space Policy Institute Director: Peter Hulsroj
Editorial Advisory Board: Herbert Allgeier Frank Asbeck Alvaro Azca´rraga Frances Brown Ene Ergma Peter Jankowitsch Gilles Maquet Alfredo Roma Per Tegne´r
Cenan Al-Ekabi • Blandina Baranes • Peter Hulsroj • Arne Lahcen Editors
Yearbook on Space Policy 2014 The Governance of Space
Editors Cenan Al-Ekabi Blandina Baranes Peter Hulsroj Arne Lahcen ESPI - European Space Policy Institute Vienna, Austria
ISSN 1866-8305 ISSN 2197-9405 (electronic) Yearbook on Space Policy ISBN 978-3-7091-1898-6 ISBN 978-3-7091-1899-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-7091-1899-3 Springer Wien Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer-Verlag Wien 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: Artist’s impression of Herschel, ESA - C. Carreau Printed on acid-free paper Springer-Verlag GmbH Wien is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface ESPI Yearbook 2014
“The Governance of Space” The increasing number and diversity of players in space in recent years, and the onset of new technologies as well as the residue of past space activities, has brought the issue of space governance to the fore. While some aspects of space governance are specifically legal and technical, others raise broader questions about the entire current space regime. In order to clarify and shed additional light on these issues, ESPI has decided to focus on the topic of governance from a wide variety of angles in its Yearbook on Space Policy 2014. Traditionally, the first part of the Yearbook sets out a comprehensive overview of the economic, political, technological and institutional trends that are affecting space activities. It is prepared in-house in ESPI,
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