TY - BOOK AU - Moltz,James Clay TI - Asia's space race: national motivations, regional rivalries, and international risks T2 - Contemporary Asia in the world SN - 9780231156882 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - TL789.8.A78 M65 2012 U1 - 629.4/1095 22 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Space race KW - Asia KW - Astronautics and state KW - United States N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p.[221]-263) and index; Introduction: Asia's new presence in space -- Asian space developments: motivations and trends -- The Japanese space program: moving toward "normalcy" -- The Chinese space program: from turbulent past to promising future -- The Indian space program: rising to a challenge -- The South Korean space program: emerging from dependency -- Emerging Asian space programs: Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, North Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam -- Asia's space race: implications for regional and global policy ER -