Curbing the star wars threat: a Russian view: Mikhail Lysenko outlines Russia's approach to preventing an arms race in outer space. From: New Zealand International Review | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: Lysenko, Mikhail | COPYRIGHT 2006 New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In October 1957, almost fifty years ago, the world was thrilled by the launch of the Sputnik--the first artificial orbital satellite. Since then outer space has revolutionised our perception of the world. Would it be possible to imagine our everyday lives without the Internet, world television channels and automatic banking machines? Outer space has completely transformed global scientific, economic, social, environmental and other developments. We witness there several trends.