Down to Earth

Satellite Technologies, Industries, and Cultures
Herausgeber: Parks, Lisa; Schwoch, James

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Though satellites are now used by a wide array of entertainment, communications, and information technologies, from radio stations to GPS devices, the business of making, launching, and maintaining satellites is still shrouded in mystery. This presents the first comprehensive overview of the geopolitical manoeuvres, financial investments, scientific innovations, and ideological struggles that take place behind the scenes of this fascinating industry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9780813552743
• ISBN-10: 0813552745
• Artikelnr.: 34955705

Autorenporträt

Parks, Lisa

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
I Concepts and Cartographies
1. The Invention of Air Space, Outer Space, and Cyberspace
2. Dethroning the View from Above
3. The Geostationary Orbit
4. “Freedom to Communicate”
5. The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System
6. Satellites, Oil, and Footprints
II Satellite Mediascapes
7. From Satellite to Screen
8. Beyond the Terrestrial?
9. Crossing Borders
10. WorldSpace Satellite Radio and the South African Footprint
11. Content vs. Delivery
III Orbital Matters
12. When Satellites Fall
13. AFP-731 or The Other Night Sky
14. Microsatellites
15. Disjecta Membra, the Kármán Line, and the 38th Parallel
Contributors
Index