SPST621  - Current and Emerging Space Powers

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Space exploration and exploitation have become global activities. While the United States and the Soviet Union were battling for supremacy during the Cold War and striving for “firsts” in the Space Race, several nascent space powers were blossoming in the background. Not limited to the U.S. and USSR, the dream of spaceflight sprouted in lands as diverse as France, Germany, China, Japan, India, Israel and Brazil. The European Space Agency, the Chinese Space Program, the Japanese Space Program and the Indian Space Program have become space powerhouses. A study of these various programs is essential to gain a thorough understanding that space exploration is not only a global enterprise, but also an important concern for our own national security.

 

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Schedule of Classes

Registration Dates Course Dates Session
12/24/12 - 05/30/13 06/03/13 - 07/28/13 Spring 2013 Session D - 8 Week session
02/25/13 - 07/28/13 08/05/13 - 09/29/13 Summer 2013 Session I - 8 Week session
04/29/13 - 09/29/13 10/07/13 - 12/01/13 Fall 2013 Session B - 8 Week session

Course Materials

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Book Title: Europe's Space Programme : To Ariane and Beyond
ISBN: 1852337222
Publication Info: Springer
Author: Harvey, Brian
Unit Cost: $49.95

Book Title: Emerging Space Powers
ISBN: 1441908730
Publication Info: Springer
Author: Harvey, Brian
Unit Cost: N/A

 

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