A European military space community: Reality or dream? |
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| Authors: | Caesar Voû te |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Management, College of Business and Economics, Radford University, Radford, VA 24142, USA;2. Department of Business Information Technology, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;3. Department of Management Sciences, Tippie College of Business, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA;1. Small Business Research Centre, Room 4.09, Kingston Business School, Kingston University, Kingston Hill, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT2 7LB, United Kingdom;2. Small Business Research Centre, Room 4.10, Kingston Business School, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames KT2 7LB, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Europe is faced with several essential policy decisions with regard to the exploitation of space technology. Important issues are: the relations between civilian and military uses of outer space, employment opportunities, industrial and commercial interests, European security and international stability, regional and international cooperation. Concerted action is required for political reasons and in order to achieve the necessary scientific, technological and economic critical masses. Another major policy issue is, therefore, whether Europe should expand its space venture in the framework of a European military space community as proposed by France, through national or bilateral programmes, by participating in the US SDI research, or through NATO, the Independent European Programme Group, the Western European Union, or the European Space Agency. |
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