Focusing on space policy, this updated second edition provides an international perspective, reflecting significant developments over the decade since its original release in 2014. It serves as a comprehensive primer, exploring the evolving landscape of space governance and the implications for global cooperation and competition.
Range detective Rance Dehner arrives in Conrad, Texas for a few days of fishing and finds himself in the midst of treacherous Indian trouble. Akando, who heads a band of renegades, demands that the town ban Indian children from attending its school. He threatens that if his orders are defied, Conrad will be attacked by Coyote, a mythical man/wolf of Indian lore. Angie Knowland, the schoolmarm, is determined to keep the school open to all children and is supported by Sahale the tribal chief. But a series of gruesome murders terrifies the townspeople and leads to explosions of violence. Dehner must protect the school and uncover the real culprit behind the killings as hatred, fear and gunfire ravages the small Texas town.
James Clay Moltz explores efforts by China, Japan, India, South Korea, and ten other countries to boost their civil, commercial, and, in some cases, military profiles in orbit. He investigates these nations' divergent goals and their tendency to focus on national solutions rather than on regionwide cooperation and multilateral initiatives.