商品簡介
The 35 selected papers and panel reports extol the benefits of space activity to the terrestrial environment and human happiness. The topics include the European Space Agency's work with developing countries, objectives and roles of space development for social challenges in the post cold war era, a plan for a global disaster observation satellite system, Meteosat for supporting sustainable development in Africa, commercial high-resolution imagery from space, new strategies for telecommunications development, exploring an equatorial LEO orbit for communication and other applications, applying results of NASA-sponsored research for space operations to improve the quality and quantity of goods and services, the Austrian experience with the impact of space medicine experimentation on terrestrial medical and clinical applications, and data for wind power resource mapping in developing countries. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
