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how power and politics in space will change our world
Tim Marshall.
xv, 319 pages
illustrations.
Contents: Looking up -- The road to the heavens -- The era of astropolitics -- Outlaws -- China: the long march... into space -- The USA: back to the future -- Russia in retrograde -- Fellow travellers -- Space wars -- Tomorrow's world.
Summary: Spy satellites orbiting the Moon. Space metals worth billions. Humans on Mars within our lifetimes. This isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics. We’re entering a new space race – and it could revolutionise life on Earth.