The social construction of the space race
Then and Now
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4034424 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mai’a K Davis Cro (0000-0001-7662-9823, corresponding author), Mai''A K Davis Cro, Mai'A K Davis Cro, Mai'a K Davis Cross |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1403-1421 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-5850 • E-ISSN: 1468-2346 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/ia/iiz190 |
| OpenAlex | W2979767021 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
The proposed creation of a US Space Force has led to a ratcheting up of a sense of competition and threat among spacefaring powers. Many top government officials and experts around the world believe that space will inevitably become the next battlefield, either among countries, or private companies, or both. India successfully blew up a satellite, China landed a probe on the dark side of the moon and many other countries have rapidly developed launch capabilities. The term 'Space Race 2.0' is increasingly invoked. But are we in the midst of a new space race, or on the verge of a new space age? This article argues that despite many governmental efforts to militarize space over the past 70 years, on the whole, non-state actors have ensured that space has been a highly cooperative realm of human interaction, even during the height of the Cold War. While on the surface there has been a narrative of threat-based competition, the author argues that this has largely been socially constructed. Drawing upon fresh archival research and participant observation, the author provides the historical context for understanding the increasingly diverse field of space actors today
Battlefield · Competition (biology) · Context (archaeology) · Government (linguistics) · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Race (biology) · Realm · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Computer Science · Gender Studies · History · Law · Space exploration and regulation · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
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Rediscovering Epistemic Coalitions Twenty Years Later
Space Security and the Transatlantic Relationship
Making Mars resonate
The organizational ecology of the global space industry
Network analysis of international cooperation in space 1958–2023
Ontological security, cyber technology, and states’ responses
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2024 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |