Democracy, Commercialization, and Space: A Reassessment of Whether Democracies Can Fly in Space

• In Event: New Frontiers of Democratic Institutions

Brief Overview

This research proposes a reassessment of WD Kay’s 1995 question, “can democracies fly in space?” I argue the rise of commercialization and other changes warrant a new look at the relationship between democratic theory and big science.

Author

• Wendy Whitman Cobb, USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies