Space Development: a Search for Leadership
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Space Development: |
A Search for Leadership |
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12/20/2013 |
Prepared for Dr. Edythe E. Weeks, Esq.
Webster University Worldwide, St. Louis, Missouri-Headquarters
INTL 5870: International Law and Politics of Outer Space
Fall II, 2013
MA in International Relations Program
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Table of Contents
Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………2
Introduction/Thesis Statement…………………………………………………………..3
Before World War II……………………………………………………………………..5
The First Epoch…………………………………………………………………………..6
The Second Epoch………………………………………………………………………..9
The Second Epoch: The Space Defense Initiative……………………………………...9
The Third Epoch………………………………………………………………………..11
George W. Bush and the Commercialization of Space……………………………….12
The Hyper-Privatization of Space…………..…………………………………………13
Companies taking advantage of Commercialization…………………………………16
Hegemony in the Present……………………………………………………………….17
The Trends for Future Outer Space Development…………………………………...19
The Future: What will happen next?........................................................................... .20
Outer Space Development as a "Star Wars event"…………………………………..25
Realism vs. International Cooperation………………………………………....……..26
Love and Peace vs. Greed, Power and War……………………………….,,…….…..28
Theoretical Concepts………………………………………………………..…...……..30
Conclusion………………………………………………………………….…….…..…31
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………..….…….36
Abstract
Where is John F. Kennedy or someone with his inspirational influence to chart a new path for further development into the stars without destructive conflicts? In the last century there was much technological development. Humankind fought wars, developed states, created the Internet, established virtual universities, and tampered with political theories as it contemplated nuclear self-destruction. Humanity also explored the vast expanses of land and sea, learning through research that life existed before humans took their first breath. Concerns for security could...
Space Development: |
A Search for Leadership |
|
A |
12/20/2013 |
Prepared for Dr. Edythe E. Weeks, Esq.
Webster University Worldwide, St. Louis, Missouri-Headquarters
INTL 5870: International Law and Politics of Outer Space
Fall II, 2013
MA in International Relations Program
|
Table of Contents
Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………2
Introduction/Thesis Statement…………………………………………………………..3
Before World War II……………………………………………………………………..5
The First Epoch…………………………………………………………………………..6
The Second Epoch………………………………………………………………………..9
The Second Epoch: The Space Defense Initiative……………………………………...9
The Third Epoch………………………………………………………………………..11
George W. Bush and the Commercialization of Space……………………………….12
The Hyper-Privatization of Space…………..…………………………………………13
Companies taking advantage of Commercialization…………………………………16
Hegemony in the Present……………………………………………………………….17
The Trends for Future Outer Space Development…………………………………...19
The Future: What will happen next?........................................................................... .20
Outer Space Development as a "Star Wars event"…………………………………..25
Realism vs. International Cooperation………………………………………....……..26
Love and Peace vs. Greed, Power and War……………………………….,,…….…..28
Theoretical Concepts………………………………………………………..…...……..30
Conclusion………………………………………………………………….…….…..…31
Bibliography…………………………………………………………………..….…….36
Abstract
Where is John F. Kennedy or someone with his inspirational influence to chart a new path for further development into the stars without destructive conflicts? In the last century there was much technological development. Humankind fought wars, developed states, created the Internet, established virtual universities, and tampered with political theories as it contemplated nuclear self-destruction. Humanity also explored the vast expanses of land and sea, learning through research that life existed before humans took their first breath. Concerns for security could...