GLOBAL AFFAIRS JOURNAL #2 / March 2020
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The horizon is up again:
Powers and companies fight for space
PRESENTATION
We are witnessing a new space age, which is here to stay. This time it is serious. It will not be a one-flower crop, like the arrival of the human being on the Moon, which is soon to wither away. The return of geopolitical tension to Earth also has its projection in space, conceived no longer as a place of incursion or strategic support territory but as a domain in its own right, of the same importance and proximity as the others (land, sea, air... and network). Although the space priority of the superpowers may be modulated according to the ups and downs of international relations, humanity has become so dependent on artificial satellites that space is now a definitive part of our direct environment. However, it is the awakened economic interest in the business prospects of the space sector, manifested in the degree program of various private companies to take over activities that previously, due to the enormous budgetary requirements, were only undertaken by certain states, which ensures the continuity of a stage that is opening not to close.
The horizon returns to this one above - return to the Moon, flight to Mars, asteroid mining - after the unsustained efforts carried out half a century ago. To that horizon we wanted to dedicate this year's issue of Global Affairs Journal, following the launch of this monographic publication in 2019 with the focus on another issue of great strategic importance, the geopolitics of demography and the demographic challenges of the great powers. So welcome and bon voyage to the stars!
Index
THE HORIZON IS UP AGAIN:
POWERS AND COMPANIES FIGHT FOR SPACE
Presentation
p. 5[PDF version].
SPACE: NEW MILITARY AND ECONOMIC DOMINANCE
Introduction of GASS director
p. 6-13[PDF version].
BACK TO SPACE EXPLORATION
Javier Gómez-Elvira
Director from department of INTA Payloads
p. 14-21[PDF version].
MILITARIZATION OF SPACE:
DEVELOPMENT OF INSPECTING SATELLITES
Luis V. Pérez Gil
Expert in Space Force, University of La Laguna, Spain
p. 22-31[PDF version].
DEGREE PROGRAM FOR SPATIAL RESOURCES:
FROM MINING TO ROAD CONTROL
Emili J. Blasco
Professor of Applied Geopolitics, University of Navarra, Spain
p. 32-39[PDF version].
INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORKS RELEVANT TO
THE EXTRACTION AND USE OF SPACE RESOURCES
Mario Pereira
Professor of Law, University of Navarra
p. 40-54[PDF version].
RECOMMENDED READING
L. V. Pérez Gil, E. J. Blasco
Ramón Barba, Ángel Martos
p. 54-56[PDF version].
