How High the Sky?

Thomas Gangale, JSD (2017), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has published articles on space law, astrodynamics, engineering management, international relations, and political science. His previous books are From the Primaries to the Polls (Praeger, 2007) and The Development of Outer Space (Praeger, 2009).

• Foreword: Into the Lion’s Den Once AgainAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsAbbreviations1 Opening Arguments2 The Genesis of the Delimitation Issue3 The Political Approach: A Fistful of Theories4 The Political Approach: For a Few Theories More5 The Spatial Approach: Arbitrary Altitudes6 The Spatial Approach: Natural Phenomena7 The Spatial Approach: Aerodynamic Lift8 The Spatial Approach: Myths and Misconceptions9 The Spatial Approach: Aerostatic Buoyancy10 The Spatial Approach: Lowest Perigee11 The Functional Approach: Security of the State12 The Functional Approach: Its Rise and Stall13 The Functional Approach: What Are Space Activities?14 The Functional Approach: What Are Space Objects?15 What Is Outer Space?16 A Temporal Approach17 National Practices and Legislation18 Right of Passage19 Effective Control and State Interest Reconsidered20 A Hybrid Approach21 A Draft Space Delimitation Convention22 Practical Considerations and the Convention23 The Outer Limits24 SummationAppendix 1: Altitudes of Interest with Regard to Spatial DelimitationAppendix 2: Space Object Perigees below 100 KilometersAppendix 3: Selected Suborbital FlightsAppendix 4: Space Vehicle Reentry Altitude and Range ProfilesAppendix 5: Space Vehicle Ground TracksAppendix 6: Draft Convention Regarding DelimitationAppendix 7: Proyecto de Convenio Relativo a la DelimitaciónAppendix 8: Projet de Convention Concernant la DélimitationAppendix 9: Проект Конвенция Относительно РазграниченииAppendix 10: Progetto di Convenzione sulla DelimitazioneBibliographyIndex