HUMANITY, FROM PEACEFUL EXPLORATION OF OUTER SPACE TO ITS CONQUEST THROUGH SPACE FORCES, ANTI-SATELLITE WEAPONS AND STATE OF THE ART SPACE TECHNOLOGIES

Abstract

For a long period of time, usage of outer space for humankind was limited to observing outer space constellations, navigation and prediction of meteorological phenomena. Currently our purpose has growing concerns either in the peaceful exploration of outer space or for military conquest or resources exploitation of its by developing spatial resilient networks with a wide variety in terms of the use of advanced technologies that are into continuous development. Worldwide, there are some states (US, Russia, China and more recently India) and organizations (UN, NATO, EU, ITU), which act as the important players in the outer space concern matters with high interest both in development complexes space infrastructure and by implementing sustainable policies, in order to explore peaceful outer space, protecting it, ensuring efficiency with fairness resources, space debris management, space security and control of military capabilities in outer space. Since space is the prerogative of advanced technologies, its development entails development of other components of technical-economic and human society. Today, usage of complex space systems can be considered acting like a gate in order to improve actual purpose by implementing projects such as space situational awareness /terrestrial or extraterrestrial, telecommunications, imagery, security, Earth observation, meteorological and geoclimatic changes, or for the future by exploring other planets, the establishment of colonies, exploitation of extraterrestrial bodies, developing new technologies and even space tourism.

Keywords

• outer space
• peaceful exploration of outer space
• conquest of outer space
• militarization of outer space
• resilience
• UN
• UNOOSA
• ITU
• space debris
• space law
• Romania's satellite project