The New Space Race China vs. the United States /

• Main Author: Seedhouse, Erik. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis, 2010.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0880-3

The worlds most populous nation views space as an asset, not only from a technological and commercial perspective but also from a political one. The repercussions of this ideology already extend far beyond Washington. China vs. the United States explores future Chinese aspirations in space and the...

Table of Contents:

• Section I: High Frontier Politics - The U.S. and China as Space Powers. Rising Dragon. U.S. and Chinese Space Policy
• Section II: Dark Arena - Space Weapons and the Threat to U.S. Superiority. Space Warfare Doctrine. Space Weapons. Exploding China's Dreams
• Section III: Manned Spaceflight - China's Challenge to American Preeminence in Space. Sino-U.S. Space Exploration Programs. Current and Future Hardware. Manned Spaceflight Expertise
• Section IV: New Space Race - Why Sino-U.S. Space Race is Inevitable. Leaders, Alliances, and Opponents. The Imminent Space Race?- Appendix I - Descriptions of Orbits. Appendix II - Chinese American Launch Vehicles. Appendix III - Chinese and U.S. Space Budgets. Appendix IV - Chinese and U.S. White Papers on Space Policy.