The past five decades have witnessed often fierce international rivalry in space, but also surprising military restraint. Now, with an increasing number of coun

This book, first published in 1978, examines the military use of space - around 60 per cent of US and Soviet satellites were military ones. It analyses the capa

It is not yet 60 years since the first artificial satellite was placed into Earth orbit. In just over a half century, mankind has gone from no presence in outer