Spacepolicyisanissueareaofparticularstrategicrelevance. Itreceivesaconstantly growingattentionbynationalgovernmentsandtheEuropeanUnion. Ittouches numerousimportantareaslikesecurity, science, technology, knowledge, infor- tion, mobility, environmentorresourcemanagement, tonameonlyafew. Through this, spacepolicydrawsfrombutalsodrivesthemostdecisiveaspectsofmodern society. Anillustrationforthisstatementcanbegivenwithabrieflookonrecent developmentsinspacepolicy. InparticulartheadoptionoftheEuropeanSpace PolicyinMay2007, whichhadbeenjointlypreparedbytheEuropeanSpaceAgency andtheEuropeanCommission,...