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Spies in the Sky : Surveillance Satellites in War and Peace /

By: Norris, Pat [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Springer Praxis Books: Publisher: New York, NY : Praxis, 2008.Description: XVII, 220 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780387716732.Subject(s): Popular works | Space sciences | Astronomy | Engineering | Aerospace engineering | Astronautics | Popular Science | Popular Science in Astronomy | Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences | Aerospace Technology and Astronautics | Engineering, generalDDC classification: 520 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Sputnik -- After 50 years—satellites in our daily lives -- Cold War nuclear stand-off -- Spy satellites -- Problems of verifying an Arms Limitation Treaty -- The road to SALT-I -- SALT-II -- The other Cold War nuclear powers—China, the UK, France -- After the Cold War—regional tensions -- What the future holds.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: In Spies in the Sky Patrick Norris responds to the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the dawn of the Space Age – the launch of Sputnik 1 – with a review of the most important historical applications of space science for the benefit of the human race during that half century, focusing particularly on the prevention of nuclear war. The author addresses the oft quoted conclusion that the Moon landings and the ‘race to the Moon’ between the two superpowers were a side effect of the Cold War, by describing what he believes was the more important event – the use of satellites by military to prevent the Cold War becoming a ‘hot war’. In developing the story the author casts a spotlight on a little-known aspect of the Space Age, namely the military dimension. Today military satellites represent 25 percent of all satellites in orbit, and they are just as important now in preventing regional nuclear war as they were in preventing global Armageddon more than 30 years ago.
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Sputnik -- After 50 years—satellites in our daily lives -- Cold War nuclear stand-off -- Spy satellites -- Problems of verifying an Arms Limitation Treaty -- The road to SALT-I -- SALT-II -- The other Cold War nuclear powers—China, the UK, France -- After the Cold War—regional tensions -- What the future holds.

In Spies in the Sky Patrick Norris responds to the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the dawn of the Space Age – the launch of Sputnik 1 – with a review of the most important historical applications of space science for the benefit of the human race during that half century, focusing particularly on the prevention of nuclear war. The author addresses the oft quoted conclusion that the Moon landings and the ‘race to the Moon’ between the two superpowers were a side effect of the Cold War, by describing what he believes was the more important event – the use of satellites by military to prevent the Cold War becoming a ‘hot war’. In developing the story the author casts a spotlight on a little-known aspect of the Space Age, namely the military dimension. Today military satellites represent 25 percent of all satellites in orbit, and they are just as important now in preventing regional nuclear war as they were in preventing global Armageddon more than 30 years ago.

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