The story of space activities I.
Journal: Lélektan és hadviselés
Year: 2025

For all countries, achieving technical excellence is a fundamental condition of space exploration. At the beginning of the space era, this was only a rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union. Today, many countries have the technical maturity to be able to develop an independent space programme. Until the end of the 20th century, only a very small number of countries, and mostly alongside the major space powers, developed their own space policies. In this consisting of two parts paper, I focus