Yearbook on Space Policy: New Impetus for Europe (2008)(en)(330s)

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 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 Yearbook On Space Policy Is Edited By The European Space Policy Institute (espi) Based In Vienna, Austria. It Combines In-house Research And Contributions Of Members Of The European Space Policy Research And Academic Network (espran), Coordinated By Espi. The Yearbook Is Addressed To Decision Makers In Governments And Agencies, Professionals In Industry As Well As The Service Sectors, Researchers And Scientists And Also To The Broader Public Interested In The Field. Spacepolicyisanissueareaofparticularstrategicrelevance. Itreceivesaconstantly growingattentionbynationalgovernmentsandtheEuropeanUnion. Ittouches numerousimportantareaslikesecurity, science, technology, knowledge, infor- tion, mobility, environmentorresourcemanagement, tonameonlyafew. Through this, spacepolicydrawsfrombutalsodrivesthemostdecisiveaspectsofmodern society. Anillustrationforthisstatementcanbegivenwithabrieflookonrecent developmentsinspacepolicy. InparticulartheadoptionoftheEuropeanSpace PolicyinMay2007, whichhadbeenjointlypreparedbytheEuropeanSpaceAgency andtheEuropeanCommission, doeshaveatremendousimpactonareasbene?ting fromspaceapplications, likeclimateresearch, disastermanagementorresource management. TheEuropeanSpacePolicywillalsopushareaslikenavigationor telecommunications, whichareattheheartoftheknowledgesocietyandtheme- issueofmobility. Atthesametime, securityinallitsfacetsisgrowinglydependingon theuseofspacecapabilitiesandspacepolicymakinghasstartedtore?ectthis. Onthe globallevel, theinitiativesforroboticandhumanspaceexplorationgainmoreand moreprominenceandwithactorslikeChina, arenaissanceofspaceasastrategictool forinternationalprestigeandin?uencecanbeobserved. Thecharacterofspacepolicyandthedynamisminthis?eldanditsrelatedareas makeitappropriateandevennecessarytosurveythis?eldonacontinuousbasiswith ahighstandard. ThisreasoningwasthebasisfortheinitiativebytheEuropeanSpace PolicyInstitute(ESPI)topreparetheYearbookonSpacePolicy. TheYearbookis intended to become the reference publication for the analysis of space policy developments. ThescopeisglobalbuttheperspectiveisEuropean. Thiscoincides withESPI?smissiontobethefocalpointforEuropeanresearchinthe?eldofspace policyasprovidedforbythedecisionoftheCounciloftheEuropeanSpaceAgency tofoundESPI. Asathinktank, ESPIhastoprovideinformationandanalysisandto contributefacilitating the decision-making process. The Yearbook isaimed to becomea?agshipinESPI?sproductlineapproachingthisgoal. Theaspirationis thattheYearbookonSpacePolicymaygainthestatureofcomparableyearbooksin internationalrelationsbyleadingthinktanksaroundtheworld. TheYearbookonSpacePolicyhasanumberofspeci?cfeatures. Thereporting periodwillusuallybefromJulytoJune, leadingtoitspublicationinthebeginningof thefollowingyear. Forthis?rstedition, thereportingperiodwassettostartearlier (from1January2006)butstopatthetypicaldate(30June2007). Thisservesthe purposetocoverthewholeyear2006. TheYearbookwillhavethreeparts. The?rst partispreparedbyESPIandprovidesasystematicanalysisofthemainspace v Preface activitiesintheglobalpoliticalcontext. Itcontainsapresentationofthemajor developmentsinspacepolicies, programmesandtechnologiesaroundtheworld. In thesecondpart, usuallyaroundtenprominentresearcherscontributearticlesto speci?ctopicsofparticularrelevance. Inthiseditiontheyarerelatedtoinitiativesand decisionsinEuropeanspacepolicies -asindicatedinthisyear?smottoofthe Yearbook-butalsoglobalissuesliketherecentChineseantisatellitetestorthenew Japanesespaceregulation. ThethirdpartoftheYearbook, againpreparedbyESPI, contains a unique compilation of important facts and ?gures. It includes achronology, anoverviewonspaceactivitiesinselectedcountriesandabibliography. TheprojectofacomprehensiveYearbookrequiresthecooperationofthewhole community. ThisiswhyESPI?sworkforthispublicationiscomplementedbythe contributionsofexternalauthorsprovidingtheirexceptionalinsightsandexperiences. ThesecontributorsfromalloverEuropearetheleadingacademicexpertsmainlybased inthinktanksanduniversityinstituteswhilesomearealsoassociatedwithspace ag "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 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."--Provided by publisher The Yearbook on Space Policy aims to be the reference publication analyzing 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.