La astropolítica en un mundo pospandémico

  1. José Ignacio Castro Torres
Revista:
bie3: Boletín IEEE

ISSN: 2530-125X

Any de publicació: 2021

Número: 21

Pàgines: 132-150

Tipus: Article

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Resum

Since globalization began, state powers have struggled to be in an advantage position in the looming space race. Private organizations and actors have joined this competition, motivated by huge benefits they can obtain from outer space. However, resources’ exploitation and transportation, coupled with space control and nuclear proliferation risk, is shaping a spatial militarization. It is possible that the COVID-19 pandemic will serve as a catalyst for many events taking place on a global level, and one of them may be the massive use of the outer space, seeking new opportunities in a crisis-defined risk situation.