Yearbook on Space Policy 2007/2008 From Policies to Programmes
The Yearbook on Space Policy aims to be 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 Yearbo
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Yearbook on Space Policy
Edited by the European Space Policy Institute Director: Kai-Uwe Schrogl
Editorial Advisory Board: Herbert Allgeier Alvaro Azcarraga Frances Brown Alain Gaubert Leen Hordijk Peter Jankowitsch Ulrike Landfester Andre Lebeau Jan-Baldem Mennicken Alfredo Roma
European Space Policy Institute Kai-Uwe Schrogl, Charlotte Mathieu, Nicolas Peter (eds.)
Yearbook on Space Policy 2007/2008 From Policies to Programmes
SpringerWienNewYork
European Space Policy Institute, Vienna, Austria Kai-Uwe Schrogl Charlotte Mathieu Nicolas Peter
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ISSN 1866-8305 ISBN 978-3-211-99090-2 SpringerWienNewYork
Preface At the time of finalising this second volume of the Yearbook on Space Policy which covers the period mid-2007 to mid-2008, Europe is as visible and strong in the area of space activities as never before. Its space probes are present on the Moon, around Mars, and on Saturns Moon Titan, and are chasing asteroids and comets; Ariane V is the most successful commercial launch vehicle; and more and more European space applications satellites are in operation. Finally, with the successful launch of the Columbus Orbital Facility (COF) – the most prominent highlight of this period which is also depicted on the cover of this Yearbook – and the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), Europe has become a decisive player in human spaceflight. This is accompanied by new policy initiatives on the ministerial level which have been bringing the European Space Agency and the European Union steadily closer. Europes outstanding development and positioning in the space field is based not only on Europes successful engineering and scientific capabilities and capacities, but also on the forceful political determination of all European actors to
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