The Japanese and Indian Space Programmes: Two Roads Into Space (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781852331993)

The development of the space industry in the Asian and Pacific Rim region provides the context for this book. The two major countries hoping for leadership in the area (apart from China) are Japan and India, both of whom have significant launcher capabilities.
There is a general introductory chapter which places the space programmes of the region in the comparative context of the other space-faring nations of the world. The author reviews the main space programmes of Japan and India in turn, concentrating on their origins, the development of launcher and space facilities, scientific and engineering programmes, and future prospects.
The book concludes with a chapter comparing how similarly/differently Japan and India are developing their space programmes, how they are likely to proceed in the future, and what impact the programmes have had in their own region and what they have contributed so far to global space research.


Author: Brian Harvey
ISBN-10: 1852331992
ISBN-13: 9781852331993
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 04/26/2000
Pages: 210
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.66h x 6.48w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 01/01/2001 pg. 927