Author: Charles L. HarnessPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Stalemate in Space
Author: Charles L. HarnessMan Lands on the Moon
Author: G. Joachim SontagPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fairy chess
Languages : de
Pages : 4
Book Description
The Space Law Stalemate
Author: Anja Nakarada PečujlićPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000830217
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The governing international space law regime has been locked in a norm-creation stalemate for over 40 years. This stalemate endangers the preservation of established, guiding legal principles, as well as the sustainability of the parts of outer space that humans utilize. The discrepancy between norm creation, technological advancement, and the ecosystem of novel actors could generate serious consequences for future space activities and the nature of international relations. Besides the return of old rivalries in a New Cold War, new activities and actors emerging amidst a legal void emphasizes the risks of the stalemate: unstable peace, fragile cooperation, uneven technological development, and uncertain eco-sustainability. The prolonged legal stalemate cannot be treated simply as an academic question, for it has broader political and economic implications of growing strategic relevance. Unresolved issues in international space law could threaten the survival of space as a global common, thus it is essential that the ability of the norm-creation mechanism of UN COPUOS is equipped to address the ongoing changes and provide for adequate global governance. This book evaluates the current legal state and sheds light on potential future prospects, offering an overview of the political context within which it developed, providing an assessment of the selected successful examples in international law, and analyzing lessons learned. It makes recommendations for how the UN COPUOS legal apparatus should be modified in order to ensure that future space activities are possible beyond anarchy, greed, and ecological irresponsibility, and to ensure that the principle of the peaceful uses of outer space remains the governing norm.
Air Force and Space Digest
Author: Stalemate
Author: Basil WellsPublisher: eStar Books
ISBN: 1612103162
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 17
Book Description
The rules of a duel between gentlemen are quite different from the rules of war between nations. Is it because gentlemen do not fight wars, or is it that men in war cease to be gentlemen?ExcerptThe bullet slapped rotted leaves and dirt into Gram Treb's eyes. He wormed backward to the bole of a small tree."Missed!" he shouted. He used English, the second tongue of them both. "Throw away your carbine and use rocks.""You tasted it anyhow," Harl Neilson's shrill young voice cried. "How was the sample?""That leaves you two cartridges," taunted Treb. "Or is it only one?"The sixth sense that had brought him safely through two of these bloody war duels here in space made him fling his body to the left. He rolled over once and lay huddled in a shallow depression. He knew all the tiny hollows and ridges--they were his insurance on this mile-wide island high above Earth.Something thudded into the tree roots behind him. He hugged the ground, body flattened. His breath eased raggedly outward, and caught. The waiting--the seconds that became hours! If the grenade rolled after him, down the slope into his shelter, he was finished.There was nothing he could do. His palms oozed sweat....The grenade exploded. It was like a fist slammed against his skull. He was numbed for a long instant. Then he checked.Unharmed. The depression had saved his neck this time. He wanted to shout at Neilson, tell him he was down to a lone grenade, but that was poor strategy. Now he must withdraw, make Neilson think him injured or dead, and trap him in turn.
Probability Space
Author: Nancy KressPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780765345141
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Nancy Kress cemented her reputation in SF with the publication of her multiple-award–winning novella, “Beggars in Spain,” which became the basis for her extremely successful Beggars Trilogy (comprising Beggars in Spain, Beggars and Choosers, and Beggars Ride). And now she brings us Probability Space, the conclusion of the trilogy that began with Probability Moon and then Probability Sun, which is centered on the same world as Kress’s Nebula Award-winning novelette, “Flowers of Aulit Prison.” The Probability Trilogy has already been widely recognized as the next great work by this important SF writer. In Probability Space, humanity’s war with the alien Fallers continues, and it is a war we are losing. Our implacable foes ignore all attempts at communication, and they take no prisoners. Our only hope lies with an unlikely coalition: Major Lyle Kaufman, retired warrior; Marbet Grant, the Sensitive who’s involved with Kaufman; Amanda, a very confused fourteen-year-old girl; and Magdalena, one of the biggest power brokers in all of human space. As the action moves from Earth to Mars to the farthest reaches of known space, with civil unrest back home and alien war in deep space, four humans--armed with little more than an unproven theory--try to enter the Fallers’ home star system. It’s a desperate gamble, and the fate of the entire universe may hang in the balance.
American Military Space Policy
Author: Colin S. GrayPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
International Regimes for the Final Frontier
Author: M. J. PetersonPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791483053
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Neither rational choice theory, with its emphasis on interest calculation, nor sociological institutionalist theory, with its emphasis on identity-defined rule following, indicates how governments determine which of their multiple interests or identities are at stake in a particular situation or how they develop mutual comprehension of each other's goals. International Regimes for the Final Frontier addresses these gaps by tracing how governments approach an unfamiliar issue—in this case, international agreements regulating human activity in outer space between 1958 and 1988—and examines three ways situation definitions channel governments' approaches to issues or problems.
Man Lands on the Moon
Author: G. Joachim SontagLaunching and Operating Satellites:Legal Issues
Author: R. BenderPublisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.
ISBN: 9041105077
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Discusses the Legal aspects of launching and operating different Satellite systems: Direct Broadcasting System, Remote Sensing, and Military; also general responsibility and liability principles.