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Why do nation-states choose to develop national space programs? How can they justify national efforts to acquire capabilities by arguing for membership of the space club? This book presents a unique and insightful perspective on the factors that drive states to indigenously develop world-class space technology in the past, present, and future of space exploration and technological development in world politics. Based on a rich and detailed analysis of a range of space programs in states that are not usually at the focus of world politics and its research, the author shows that joining the space club is a legitimate and rational decision. A country that sees itself as a power deserving of a seat at the table of world governance is expected to race for space. This book provides a different way of looking at international relations through a relatively understudied area of policythe space club.

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