Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space by Moltz, James Clay

Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space

Space has become increasingly crowded since the end of the Cold War, with new countries, companies, and...
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Author: James Clay Moltz
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Language: English
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Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space by Moltz, James Clay

Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space

¥17,298

Crowded Orbits: Conflict and Cooperation in Space

¥17,298
Author: James Clay Moltz
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Space has become increasingly crowded since the end of the Cold War, with new countries, companies, and even private citizens operating satellites and becoming spacefarers. This book offers general readers a valuable primer on space policy from an international perspective. It examines the competing themes of space competition and cooperation while providing readers with an understanding of the basics of space technology, diplomacy, commerce, science, and military applications.

The recent expansion of human space activity poses new challenges to existing treaties and other governance tools for space, increasing the likelihood of conflict over a diminishing pool of beneficial locations and resources close to Earth. Drawing on more than twenty years of experience in international space policy debates, James Clay Moltz examines possible avenues for cooperation among the growing pool of space actors, considering their shared interests in space traffic management, orbital debris control, division of the radio frequency spectrum, and the prevention of military conflict. Moltz concludes with policy recommendations for enhanced international collaboration in space situational awareness, scientific exploration, and restraining harmful military activities.



Author: James Clay Moltz
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 04/29/2014
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780231159128


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/03/2014
Choice 02/01/2015 pg. 1055

About the Author
James Clay Moltz is a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School and holds a joint appointment in the Department of National Security Affairs and the Space Systems Academic Group. He is the author of The Politics of Space Security: Strategic Restraint and the Pursuit of National Interests and Asia's Space Race: National Motivations, Regional Rivalries, and International Risks. He has appeared on National Public Radio's "Science Friday" and has written on space topics for the Boston Globe, Nature, The New York Times, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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