Space, the Dormant Frontier: Changing the Paradigm for the 21st Century
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Space, the Dormant Frontier: Changing the Paradigm for the 21st Century
By (Author) Joan Johnson-Freese
By (author) Roger Handberg
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
23rd September 1997
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Central / national / federal government policies
629.40973
Physical Properties
Hardback
288
Description
This work takes a look at the state of the US space programme as a whole, not just at the civil or military side as most books have done in the past. Part of the author's treatise is that the two communities must stop ignoring each other if the space programme is to become more than just a science project, a jobs programme or a political football. The authors make bold assertions as to why space has been stuck in neutral for so long and how it got into its current state by looking at who has a vested interest in the status quo. After a careful analysis, this work provides policy recommendations and a vision for the future.
Reviews
In this ambitious book, Johnson-Freese and Handberg offer a fresh look at the structure of the nation's space activities, attempting to lay out a road map for major changes in the way the United States conceives and executes these activities....The authors, both of whom have been involved in policy analysis of space activities for some years, succeed very well in raising issues that need to be addressed.-Space Times
"In this ambitious book, Johnson-Freese and Handberg offer a fresh look at the structure of the nation's space activities, attempting to lay out a road map for major changes in the way the United States conceives and executes these activities....The authors, both of whom have been involved in policy analysis of space activities for some years, succeed very well in raising issues that need to be addressed."-Space Times
Author Bio
JOAN JOHNSON-FREESE is Professor of International Security Studies on the faculty of the Air War College. Dr. Johnson-Freese received the Meritorious Civilian Award for work on Spacecast 2020 and is the author of numerous books. ROGER HANDBERG is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Space Policy and Law at the University of Central Florida. He is the author of The Future of the Space Industry (Quorum, 1995).
