The aim of this paper is to identify the basic strategic orientations of some of the world's main space agencies. This study focuses on the Brazilian, French, European, Japanese, Indian and Russian agencies. Basic strategic orientations indicate the real space exploration objectives of large countries, This is useful because there are some ambiguous areas in the formal strategic documents published by these agencies. The results highlight the common objectives of the agencies studied, which is to have an important role in international political leadership even considering the specific objectives related to the economic and social contexts of the individual countries. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Discovering the basic strategic orientation of big space agencies / Petroni, G; Venturini, K; Verbano, C; Cantarello, S. - In: SPACE POLICY. - ISSN 0265-9646. - 25:1(2009), pp. 45-62. [10.1016/j.spacepol.2008.12.010]
Discovering the basic strategic orientation of big space agencies
VENTURINI K;
2009-01-01
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to identify the basic strategic orientations of some of the world's main space agencies. This study focuses on the Brazilian, French, European, Japanese, Indian and Russian agencies. Basic strategic orientations indicate the real space exploration objectives of large countries, This is useful because there are some ambiguous areas in the formal strategic documents published by these agencies. The results highlight the common objectives of the agencies studied, which is to have an important role in international political leadership even considering the specific objectives related to the economic and social contexts of the individual countries. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
