Title | Space of Service to Humanity [electronic resource] : Preserving Earth and Improving Life / edited by G. Haskell, M. Rycroft |
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Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1996 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5692-9 |
Descript | XVI, 320 p. 32 illus. online resource |
Session 1 Space of Service: Global Issues -- Keynote address: Space and the Fate of Humanity -- The Space Myth: When Apollo Flirts with Gaia -- The European Space Agencyโs Work with Developing Countries -- International Space Cooperation for Service to Humanity -- Space Activity and Comprehensive Security -- Objectives and Roles of Space Development for Social Challenges in the Post Cold War Era -- Lessons Learned from the Viking Missions Which are Relevant to Mission to Planet Earth -- The Australian Five Year Space Plan โ Public Good, Commercial Benefits or Internationalization? -- Serving Humanity Using Space: A Great Idea, But Who Pays the Bill? -- Preface to the Proposal Summary of the 1995 Master of Space Studies (MSS) Team Design Project -- Space of Service to Humanity: Master of Space Studies 1995/96 Team Design Project Proposal Summary -- Report on Panel Discussion 1: Global Issues -- Session 2 Space of Service: Remote Sensing -- Past, Present and Future Benefits of the ESA Earth Observation Programmes -- A Plan for a Global Disaster Observation Satellite System (GDOS) -- Application of Remote Sensing and Importance of Satellite Communications in a National Meteorological Services Agency -- Promoting the Use of Meteosat for Supporting Sustainable Development in Africa -- Commercial High-Resolution Imagery from Space as a New Information Service to Humanity: A Video Address -- Keynote address: INPEโs Space Activities: Its Way of Putting Space of Service to Humanity -- Environmental Management in Developing Countries: Remote Sensing Case Studies -- Role of Remote Sensing and GIS for Environmentally Sound and Sustainable Development -- Limitations to the Use of Remote Sensing Technology in Kenya -- A Proposal on Improved Precipitation Estimates by Satellite and Conventional Methods for Agricultural Planning in Nigeria -- Report on Panel Discussion 2: Remote Sensing -- Session 3 Space of Service: Telecommunications -- New Strategies for Telecommunications Development -- Exploration of the Equatorial LEO Orbit for Communication and Other Applications -- Future Development of a Global Space Information and Communications Infrastructure -- Report on Panel Discussion 3: Telecommunications -- Session 4 Space of Service: Further Applications -- Proposal to Apply Reults of NASA-Sponsored Research for Space Operations to Improve the Quality and Quantity of Goods and Services -- Matching Space-Related Intellectual Property Rights to Space Industry Needs -- Integrating Wireless Power Transportation and Solar Power Systems Systems Studies and Society -- Impact of Space Medicine Experimentation on Terrestrial Medical/Clinical Applications โ The Austrian Experience -- Utilization of Satellite Communications, Remote Sensing, and Space Imagery Data for Wind Power Resource Mapping in Developing Countries -- Prelude to a New Space Renaissance -- Report on Panel Discussion 4: The Way Forward