Yearbook on Space Policy 2009/2010

Part I. - Chapter 1: European space activities in the global context (Spyros Pagkratis) : Global political and economic trends.- Worldwide space policies and strategies.- Worldwide space budgets and revenues.- The security dimension.- Chapter 2: Developments in space policies, programmes and technologies throughout the world and in Europe (Spyros Pagkratis) : Space policies and programmes. - Space transportation.- Space sciences and exploration.- Satellite applications.- Technology developments.- Part II. - Views and Insights: Space in the financial and economic crisis (Christophe Venet) .- The legal personality of the European Union and its effects on the development of space activities in Europe (Lesley Jane Smith) .- Institutional development of satellite navigation in Europe (Heike Wieland) .- The new 2010 U.S. space policy Michael Sheehan) .- The potential for transatlantic cooperation in the International Space Station programme and in space exploration (Ian Pryke) .- Trends in shaping space policies around the world (Deganit Paikowsky and Isaac Ben Israel) .- Space applications after Copenhagen (Simonetta Cheli) .- Satellite Earth observation and disaster management - lessons and needs after the Indian Ocean tsunami and the Haiti earthquake (Ray Harris) .- Implications of new trends in small satellite development (Rainer Sandau) .- Part III. - Facts and Figures (Blandina Baranes and Spyros Pagkratis) .- List of figures and tables.- About the Authors.- Index.

Kai-Uwe Schrogl ist Leiter Unternehmensentwicklung und Außenbeziehungen des Deutschen Zentrums für Luft- und Raumfahrt in Köln.